Hira Hernia
Hira Hernia
Cyanotype print on silk 70 x 120 cm, edition of one.
Cyanotype on paper 59,4 x 42 cm, edition of 10.
Drawings have been made together with architect Laida Aguirre
The collective map of mourning that took shape throughout the performance installation Mapping Mourning has been photographed and transformed into drawings together with architect Laida Aguirre. The drawings are then used in order to produce cyanotypes, a photographic printing process that generated the earliest kinds of blueprints in the 1700′s . With chemicals, sunlight and water, maps of white trails in deep cyan blue landscapes unravels.
The title Hira Hernia is based on the etymology of the word yearn, which can be traced to the Sanskrit word hira, meaning vein, as well as to the Latin word hernia, which means rupture.
Cyanotype print on silk 70 x 120 cm, edition of one.
Cyanotype on paper 59,4 x 42 cm, edition of 10.
Drawings have been made together with architect Laida Aguirre
The collective map of mourning that took shape throughout the performance installation Mapping Mourning has been photographed and transformed into drawings together with architect Laida Aguirre. The drawings are then used in order to produce cyanotypes, a photographic printing process that generated the earliest kinds of blueprints in the 1700′s . With chemicals, sunlight and water, maps of white trails in deep cyan blue landscapes unravels.
The title Hira Hernia is based on the etymology of the word yearn, which can be traced to the Sanskrit word hira, meaning vein, as well as to the Latin word hernia, which means rupture.