Kate Beaugié – MINUTE MIRACLES

Photograms are a form of truth making; a 2D chronicle of a 4D happening. Shadows preoccupy me as they proclaim the existence of the object casting the shadow and the qualities of the emitting light. Capturing shadows in photograms is collecting the traces of existences. A gold cube and a small weed were independently placed on the light sensitive photographic paper and a light was flashed. Light turns the silver gelatin black; the object shields the white of the paper and the ambient light forms shades of grey, creating an image in the negative, converting what is into what was.