Power of Play

A group ‘work in progress’ exhibition developed by WorkShowGrow. Curated by Giorgia Tobiolo.

The exhibition was presented at ASC Studios, County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington, London.

Title: ‘Light Squares after Black Square by Malevich’

Size:210mm x 300mm x 4

Medium: Walnut frames sustainably sourced in Oxfordshire. Plant-based Phytotype.

Year:2023

The object is a playful photographic response to ‘Black Square’ by Kazimir Severinovich Malevich. The first painting was completed in 1915.

Since 2019, I have developed a plant-based, light-sensitive emulsion that seeks to leave ‘mining-centered’ silver and ‘chemical centered’ plastic behind. I have purposely developed the practice as an act of eco-activism to highlight photography’s environmental impact. I am referencing Low Impact Photography (L.I.P) the movement that seeks to highlight photography’s environmentally expensive nature.

The abstract photographic works are exposed using ultraviolet light over several days, the antithesis to today’s fast and furious consumption of photography.