Variations
Variations center around one photographic image, unfold through a series of scroll prints and publications with unique copies.
The explorations delve into the mutability of memory and images, with each print as a unique iteration of an ever-changing image. Through manual reproductions and manipulation, the image shifts, distorts, and reshapes the original.
To look at a thousand images a thousand times through one image. To see it again and again until it is no longer the image. To recall memories repeatedly until they become something new.
photo etching print on cotton paper, size 670 x 40cm (displayed on the white panel, the print is partially rolled up); 152 x 40cm (on wall)
details, photo etching prints on one roll of uncut cotton paper, print size 670 x 40cm, plate size 168x253mm
details, photo etching prints on one roll of uncut cotton paper, print size 670 x 40cm, plate size 168x253mm
details, photo etching prints on one roll of uncut cotton paper, print size 670 x 40cm, plate size 168x253mm
details, photo etching prints on one roll of uncut cotton paper, print size 670 x 40cm, plate size 168x253mm
details, photo etching prints on one roll of uncut cotton paper, print size 670 x 40cm, plate size 168x253mm
details, photo etching prints on one roll of uncut cotton paper, print size 670 x 40cm, plate size 168x253mm
Variations centers around one photographic image. Every copy is unique in its composition; every page is different from the next.
Originating from the engraving imprint materials of the image, the scans capture remnants of the printing process.
These pieces of paper, utilized to ensure clean prints, are essentially leftovers from the engraving printing process. Through a myriad of processes and materials, the original photographic image undergoes transformation. The variations are the result of analog reproduction techniques, such as photo engraving and offset printing.
The imprints from the image and etching plate are transformed into six offset plates. Editing, designing, printing, reprinting, folding, and assembling the pages in shifting orders contributes to a multitude of variations, resulting in an edition of 285 individual publications.
Edit, design and offset interventions in collaboration with Cathy Hu
ISBN 9789090386195
self-published 2024
312x231mm
52 pages
offset printed on Holmen TRND 2.0 70gsm
offset printed cover on Olin Origins Pebble 240gsm
edition of 285
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