The second installation of the series ‘Dyeing Process’, about the image reproduction process.

In this installation two very different reproduction techniques, the analog darkroom process and the inkjet printing process, are combined by using key elements from both techniques. An inkjet printer is used, but instead of ink, the cartridges are filled with developer liquid. Instead of regular paper, light sensitive paper is used. Rather than projecting an image on the light sensitive paper and fully submerging it in developer liquid, it is fully 'submerged' in light and an image is 'projected' (printed) on it by a printer, resulting in a unique type of image.
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The subject of this installation is a flower bouquet, which is repetitively scanned and printed. During the course of the exhibit, the bouquet will slowly deteriorate, resulting in a collection of unique reproductions. By skipping the last steps of the analog darkroom process, stopping the developer and fixing the print, not only the bouquet but the prints as well are slowly deteriorating and ever changing.
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The result is an installation about uniqueness of reproductions, where in a repetitive process, both the subject and the reproduction of it can still be unique.

Dyeing Process #2