Honey LONG and Prue STENT
Artist statement: The body is inherently mysterious territory. Often within our collaborative practice we construct scenes where our bodies are employed as both raw material and apparition, becoming a conduit for subconscious feelings and interpretation. Made in early 2022, after coming out of lockdown and intense periods of isolation, ‘Muscle memory’ is from our recent series Land of milk and honey. Envisioning a space which is part dystopia, part garden of earthly delights, the series asks the question; how long can the fantasy of consumption last before it becomes a parable of destruction? The female body or ‘reproductive body’ in this image mirrors tensions felt within our creative process at the time; stagnant, stifled, shut off, as well as ripe, fertile and brimming with untapped energy.
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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.
