As an extension of my project MAGNETIC: FIELDS, using expired Oriental Seagull paper (c. 1986), I put three dots on a sheet to create a unique, cameraless chemigram. I kept repeating the process to see the visual elements play out.
I’m thankful for Pierre Cordier for inventing the chemigram in 1956 — literally the word and the method: resist on photographic paper, worked through developer and fixer in the light. My friend Frank Lopez helped to guide my understanding of the chemical interactions and gifted me some of his handmade polytoner solution which I used in the project.
(Left to Right): R. J. Kern, Three Dots A, Three Dots L, Three Dots T, silver gelatin chemigram (gold-toned), unique 1/1, 8 x 10 inches, 2026
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