I'm delighted to share that I'll be giving an illustrated artist talk at BAXTER ST at CCNY in New York on Thursday 8 October, from 5 to 6pm.
Unfixed Landscapes traces the development of my practice from cameraless photography and climate-adapted cyanotype through to my current PhD research. I'll talk about why a research grant brought me to New York to study the Anna Atkins holdings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library, and how that historical research connects to contemporary questions of ecology, water, chemistry and photographic responsibility.
The evening will close with an introduction to The Ecological Wetroom™ — an evolving, evidence-based installation and research project that reimagines the traditional, often toxic, photographic darkroom as a visible ecological system, where washwater, filtration media, hydroponic plants and residual materials become active components of the work. I'll be sharing an initial look at its findings and where it's heading next.
While I'm in New York I'll also be facilitating a workshop, Cyanotype to Concertina: Building a Folded Sequence, at the Center for Book Arts on Saturday 10 October.
- When: Thursday 8 October, 5–6pm
- Where: BAXTER ST at CCNY, 154 Ludlow Street, New York
- RSVP: via Eventbrite