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‘W E H A V E ALL FOUND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OR I N T R I GU I NG BY CHANCE’-anna gerber
you learn something new because you see something new ... and, by the way, i am not fixated on making something new. i just love the journey of learning and exploring. -april greiman
INTRODUCTIONThe unpredictability and unexpected outcomes offered
when we work in such a way as to take ourselves out of
a process can offer much more dynamic and interesting
results than if we were to control that process.
If we choose to use a film camera in a playful and
experimental way rather than one frame per shoot we allow
and embrace exploration of converging lines within images.
We encounter an element of surprise, the unexpected.
Unaware of what may happen and what result will come
of it, this adventures approach allows you to capture
photographs of what isn't actually there. This allows
photographs to work much like our memory, melting and
converging lines of images together allowing for a tangible
image, a moving memory captured in one photograph.
We can explore chance by being creative with the
negative itself before development by investigating the
chemical reactions that occur when the film reacts with
heat and substances. Of course you choose the effect
which is applied and the time it is left to effect the negative
but inevitably you are out of the actual process. You
cannot control how the chemical will react and effect
the negative as each frame and each colour on the
negative will react differently. You are unaware of what has
happened to the film until it is developed.
causes it to over expire
ROASTING
causes psychodelic colour stains
RED WINE
‘No matter how hard we try to control the creative
process, it is inevitable that we encounter an element
of unpredictability – something unexpected.’
-anna gerber
causes colour stains and it to over expireii
BOIL
causes film to melt and colour stains
DISHWASHER
THEUNEXPECTEDTake yourself out of the process, stop thinking too much
about what you are taking a picture of, just shoot the multiple
exposures and endless panoramic, see what happens.
Inevitably you do control the process to some extent but
by not thinking too much about the composure of the
image can open up what you can achieve, it explores
possibilities of the unexpected and welcomes chance,
mistakes and accidents. This can end up working to
your advantage, answers and potential can be found in
something you didn’t mean to create.
Often something we initially see as a failure will offer us a
surreal, interesting and alternative answer. By letting go and
allowing an uncontrollable method of working it embraces
the chance of failure and an unexpected outcome.
causes pink burnt stains
SODA
causes psychodelic bright colours
BLEACH
‘when something malfunctions, it doesn’t necessarily
mean that something is working against it, but
rather that something is working in tandem with it to
maximize its working in tandem with it to maximize its
unforeseen potential.’
-anna gerber
overexposed film causing strange images
DETERGENT
overexposed film causing strange images
LEMON
Error and its emotions. On the brink of error is a
condition of fear. In the midst of error is a state of folly
and defeat. Realizing you’ve made an error brings
shame and remorse. Or does it?’
-anne carson
causes blue washed out images
DETERGENT
causes bright colour stains
LEMON
causes green faded colouring
WASHING MACHINE
THE UNKNOWNRather than seeking perfection and an ideal answer it
allows chance and the possibilities of something unplanned
to work to your advantage and offer a alternative answer.
The unexpected can sometimes be the most interesting,
embrace the unknown welcome misstakes.
‘failure can also be something positive’
-anna gerber
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