Iterations of Troop, 2022 - 2024
Made without camera, Troop is a growth of photographic forms. They comprise of chemigrams that stem from the project Aortic Deposit (Shack Cooking 6 takes), where Ox heart valves and juices were recycled as base chemical components to react with photographic paper and film.
The photographic paper utilised for Troop have been found, bought on ebay or collected over time, and include expired Kodak bromide paper, Agfa Brovira paper and ORWO photo paper. Chemigram materials used for activating the photographic surface include toothpaste, old mascara, pickle juice, black and white chemistry, selected remnants from compost, sepia toner concentrate, C41 chemistry and photographic dye.
Troop, 2022 - 2024
Installation alongside Contemporary ruin #3, by Damian Dillon, as part of Built Photography, a group exhibition Curated by Izabela Pluta and Kiron Robinson, with support from the MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea, Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), Melbourne, 2024
Image credit: Dina Iacovou and John Zheng, exhibition launch event, ‘Built photography’ and ‘Hollow’
courtesy Collection of the Museum of Australian Photography.