An experiment exploring the reproduction of interstellar images, specifically the Helix Nebula—a dead star 650 light years away from Earth.
This series of monoprints, where each layer was run through the press multiple times with multiple layers stacked on each print, is a study of how light travels through space and how much of its intensity and clarity is lost before it even reaches our retinae. Certain colors of our visible light spectrum possess higher energy (such as blue and violet) than other colors (such as red and yellows) and therefore is more likely to travel further distances more “intact.”
The physical qualities and limitations of paper are similar to that of stellar dust clouds or atmospheres the light has to travel through; in other words, each sheet of paper is another “atmosphere” the ink has to travel through before it is absorbed and visible on the final and furthest sheet of paper. The resulting image—or ghostprint—is perhaps more compelling than the original and most saturated print.
Lithographic Ink on Newsprint. Acetate top-layer in left print.
German Etch Paper. 36” x 27”
Second ghost print of the Helix Nebula.
Lithographic Ink on Newsprint. Acetate top-layer in left print.
German Etch Paper. 36” x 27”
Third ghost print of Helix Nebula. Newsprint laid on top of the 2nd ghost print, laid on top of the original, and then run through the press.
Lithographic Ink on Newsprint.
Camera-less animation using the direct-on-film technique where 16mm film is directly painted on. Each frame is scratched into, painted on with ink, cut into, or drawn on. The animation is synced to the song, “Triveni” by Gabriela y Rodrigo.
Animated and Produced by Kathryn Marshall.
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A music video shot in a single-take using wooden blocks and two actors.
Music: “My Name is Robert”
by Dan Deacon
Ceramic sculpture of a magnified grain of Kosher Salt
Verre fondu sur terre
Paris, France 2012
Video Stills from a work-in progress.
Tuiles de terre/ Cartes de céramique
Paris, France 2012
