Cinema 4, Greater Union2014
Artist statement:
My photographs evoke narratives that test a viewer's knowledge of memory and space.
These studies of interiors of cultural places of congregation reveal the tools that we use to construct, maintain and mythologise memory.
Using a 5x4 view camera and printing my images in the darkroom, I use analogue processes to discover photographic anomalies that create connections between disparate histories.
Interested in the space between simulation and reality, my documentation of The Greater Union cinema, before its demolition, and the Capitol Theatre after its redevelopment into the Capitol Arcade is a reminder of the vulnerability of iconic cultural institutions.
Chromogenic prints are printed on paper that has at least three emulsion layers containing invisible dyes and silver salts. Each emulsion layer is sensitive to a different primary colour of light (red, green or blue). The development process converts the hidden dyes to visible colour depending on the amount of light it was exposed to. This type of paper is commonly used to print from colour negatives or digital files to produce a full-colour image. It can also be used to print black-and-white images, giving softer grain and less contrast than gelatin silver prints. Commonly known as c-type prints, chromogenic processing was developed in the 1940s and widely used for colour printing, including for domestic snapshots. While recent years have seen this process accompanied by ink-jet and digital printing technologies, chromogenic printing still remains in use to this day.
