We were there shifting space, field study, Helena and Kaito2021
Artist statement: In a year mediated by the pandemic and evolving social and environmental change, the photograph of two figures, took place on days between the fractures of lockdowns. In an open field in constantly shifting daylight and varying weather conditions the landscape is never static. Helena and Kaito each negotiate a distinct elemental and abstracted space. Slowly shifting and pausing momentarily their bodies converge in a subtle orbit of performative actions responding to the unsettled, abstracted space of these times and this landscape.
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.
