FLOW: Embodying aesthetic experience through process-based analogue photography
This heuristic investigation uses process-based analogue photography to embody my aesthetic responses to life experiences. Informed by theoretical readings in cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, psychology and art, the research aims to harness the merging of body, mind, lifeworld and artistic practice to not only challenge the truth value of photography but, most importantly, materialise my intent and authorship in and as the artwork.
Zo Damage, ‘Respite’, 2022, unique polyptych print comprising a single 35mm exposure over fifteen 370 x 370mm hand-torn sheets of gelatin silver paper (hand brushed to develop), installation size 190 x 120cm
Zo Damage, ‘Trust’, 2022, unique print on 1.1 x 15m continuous roll of gelatin silver paper (hand-brushed to develop), installation size variable
Zo Damage, ‘Spheres’, 2023, unique print comprising single 35mm exposure over three 62 x 127cm hand-torn sheets of gelatin silver paper, hand brushed to develop, installation size 2.1 x 1.27 metres
Zo Damage, ‘Possibilities’, 2023, unique multi-panel print comprising a single 35mm in-camera exposed negative over eleven hand-torn sheets of gelatin silver paper (hand brushed to develop), installation size 127cm x 7 metres