White Noise

I made a cut-out from paper of an organic branch structure, this was then used as a stencil in the Aquatint process; resin powder fell evenly onto both the paper-cut and plate, then removing the paper cut leaving a foot-print like trace of the object departed. The plate was inked with white ink and printed onto Somerset Velvet black paper, in a random order of 5 different rotations. The white ink delivers a positive print of the original image, meanwhile the ghostly layers are reminiscent of shadowy night vision pictures and the flicker of low quality CCTV screens. I was interested in examining the relationship between camera-less photography and Intaglio printmaking, as well as dualities between physical and digital deconstruction and the obsolescence of technological developments and traditional practices. This piece is unique due to the degradation of the plate and the accuracy of the process.