all the plunder makes me wonder

Photogram series
Cyanotype on paper

70 x 50 cm each

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All the plunder makes me wonder speak of the abundance of things: tools, toys, trays – really, just stuff – serve as motives of the everyday. The featured objects essentially belong to a pool, a set of items which can be found at any specific place: the studio, the kitchen, a street or a district.

The photograms are done using cyanotype. Objects are placed directly on or in front of the paper, coated with a photo-sensitive solution. The imprint they give off is a graphic reduction of their form and position, as distant or overlapping objects appear blurred to obscure. Due to the different textures and positions, the visible elements create a gentle spatiality between them, and open up space for symbolic interpretation.

Examining the relations between the cyanotype field and the objects that cast a shadow on it, these works shine a light on the means of representation and symbolism. How objects transition into shapes, how those drawings are read as symbols that represent gestures, and how this constellation is linked to our identification with things.

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