F&D Cartier D O T S 07.2026 The installation “D O T S, 07.2026” features perforated luminograms created by exposing expired black-and-white silver-based photographic paper to natural light. Without chemical processing, these materials are in a state of constant change, depending on light intensity and exposure time. The work is never static; it lives and changes in response to its exposure to ambient light.
Technique: Perforated luminograms, natural light exposure. Medium: *Expired photosensitive materials Process: No chemical processing in the laboratory whatsoever, allowing the image to react and evolve continuously. Format: Site-specific installation measuring approximately 300 x 300 cm.
*Use of stockpiles of old industrial photographic papers and photosensitive materials (historic brands such as Agfa or Kodak, Remington Rand, Wephoto, Brovira, Slavich, ..).
SLASHES _ 01. - 07. 2026 _ Installation 1 Roll + 4 diptychs 2 x 61.2 x 50.7 cm Punctuation—alternative; separates elements in dates and fractions; separates choices and options. In poetry, indicates a change of verse or line when the text is set end-to-end. Technique: Luminograms and chemigrams _ expired black-and-white silver-based photographic papers exposed to light for several months, chemically untreated FORTE papers; the ILFORD roll is processed 01.08.2026 FORTE ELEGANCE, Fortes (Hungary), 1965 / dimensions 61.2 x 50.7 cm ILFORD RC DE LUXE, Fribourg, 1980 _ 10 m x 127 cm roll / dimensions 220 x 127 cm
“GOING EAST” 2021 Series of very damaged 6x6 colour slides (ca.1970), found in a damp cellar in Switzerland. The photosensitive silver layer is being attacked by fungi and mold, symbolizing a slow process of disappearance.These images evoke both our impressions/memories and a strange premonition of the disaster that was to come last 24 February 2022. The body of work « Going East”, 2021 presented here exemplifies our minimalist camera-less tendencies, and our questioning of everyday life, intimacy, the passing of time. PDF concept
M I R O I R, I, II, III 2020 Take a virtual tour at the exhibited works, Kunstmuseum Solothurn in Dec. 2020 /One-off unique prints form original 30 days luminograms. Technique: luminogram/photogram. Long-term exposure of a mirror on an outdated black/white photosensitive paper. #322 Agfa-Gevaert Brovira, 1970
CREPUSCULE, 2019 TWILIGHT, 2019 Pictures of Nature. Trees, landscapes. The blackness and support's fragility silk papers underline the urgency to become aware of the issue of ecology, biodiversity, climate change. Found objects, glass plates (1900-1930) / UV Cameraless Experimental Photography. Concept
C O S M O S, I, II, III 2020 one-of unique works Luminograms. Experimental photography without camera. Long-term exposure of outdated photosensitive paper. Black/White of Agfa and Kodak brands from the 1970s (Brovira, Velox, Kodabrom, Kodesko, Polymax, Kodalite) experiments with the basic elements of water and fire.
D I S P A R I T I O N 1 - 6, 2019 Black and White in Colors From B / W contacts prints 24 x 36mm found in a Swiss photo shop from the 1920’s. When presented to the light of day for the first time, after 100 years, we noticed their «colors» strangely reddish and noticed that they disappeared slowly. No doubt badly or not at all fixed at the time? /// Noir et Blanc en Couleurs. A partir de tirages contacts 24 x 36mm N/B objets trouvés, provenant d’un magasin de photographie des années 1920-30 en Suisse. Lorsque présentés à la lumière du jour pour la première fois, après 100 ans (1920 - 2019), nous avons constaté leur «couleur» étrangement rougeâtre et remarqué que l’image disparaissait au fil du temps.
