STRANDBEEST
Strandbeest (2007–2014) explores the lightness of wonder and the complex relationship between artists and their creations. The photographs document the breathing, kinetic sculptures of Dutch artist and inventor Theo Jansen, and their interconnectedness to the wind and water of the coast of the North Sea. The series also explores time, highlighting the tension between the timeless look of the sculptures, which is at once archaic and futuristic, and their tender fragility—their lifespan is only one year.
MEDIUM: Silver gelatin analog prints (Labrador enlarger, APO lens)
from Pyrogallol developed negatives (35 mm, 120), photographs taken with Hasselblad X-Pan, Linhof Technorama 6x17, Fuji 6x8
printed on FOMA paper, sheet size: 16 x 20, archival washed, split toned (gold & selenium)
