F&D Cartier
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F&D Cartier Françoise et Daniel Cartier Via unique one off creations of photo-based woks in constant transformation, we question the sense of the image, memory and lost, Time. We experimentally probe the essence of photography, its fundamentals, light, photosensitive materials, the turning point of analogue photography to digital >post-digital photography.
Minimalist experiments and performance, found objects, work without a camera, darkroom or chemicals > Wait and See, 1998 – Today : on-going research, in-situ installations of expired photosensitive materials exposed directly to the light of the exhibition spaces, luminograms left in perpetual transformation, left unfixed. The shared experience engages the audience to face reality instead of looking at a picture, invites them to be patient, and the history of photography is retraced, echoing subjectively the historical and artistic collateral events of the 19th and 20th centuries, by selecting for each iteration of our installations expired photographic materials (1870-1990), from various sources (900 different ones), depending on the singular situation of each exhibition space, in particular its history, topography, location, …

Welcome to the opening Cantonale 2019 at Centre Pasquart Bienne, December 7th, 17:00

Presentation of our latest series Crépuscule, 2019 - ?

Twilight, 2020 -? 

Pictures of Nature. Trees, landscapes printed in negativ. The blackness underlines the concern, the urgency to become aware of the issue of ecology and the  climate change. 

Technical Found objects, glass plates (1900-1930) Negative Ultra-Violet prints on 45mgs silk paper, PH neutral

Dimension 75 x 100 cm  Edition 1/5 + 2EA 

Concept Negative prints on fragile support refer to the passage of time and the threat to the environment of climate change.

 

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