Katabasis

On-going print series (2023-)

4 x 5.5”, Enlarged cyanotype prints from unearthed16mm film

“Traces of [the underground] inaccessible to the human eye are registered through the material’s prolonged exposure to … the earth that directly communicates … through a process of biochemical transformation.” - Kim Knowles on the practice of Film Burial

Stills in this series were chosen from frames of 16mm film that I buried on my family burial plot at Christ Episcopal Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. These images paradoxically offer a pure representation of my familial history by way of an abstracted image. The use of cyanotype serves to evoke notions of old haints.

Katabasis (1), 2023. Cyanotype Print on Paper — 4 x 5.5 in.
Katabasis (2), 2023. Cyanotype Print on Paper — 4 x 5.5 in.
Katabasis (3), 2023. Cyanotype Print on Paper — 4 x 5.5 in.
Katabasis (4), 2023. Cyanotype Print on Paper — 4 x 5.5 in.
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