Artist statement: ‘Untitled’ belongs to a series called Lethe; a product of my ongoing curiosity about time and its connection between the body and photography.
How our bodies hold time led me to the work of philosopher, Brad Skow. Skow has a theory on the past, present and future, whereby he believes the three coexist. ‘We are not located at a single time. Time does not pass.’ Instead, his theory suggests that we exist in a ‘temporarily scattered’ condition. ‘Spread out in time, something like the way you’re spread out in space.’
Subjectively, I believe photography can capture this scattered state by validating something that becomes almost tangible – observing in the image, time spread out in all directions and altering our relationship with it.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
