Searching for the Cold Spot

TitelSearching for the Cold Spot
TypBuch
Jahr2017
AutorenMattes Hanna
VerlagDeutscher Kunstverlag
OrtBerlin/München
ISBN978-3-422-07418-7
Schlagwörter21. Jahrhundert, artist's book, Fotografie (Landschaft), Künstlermonographie, Stone Telling
Zusammenfassung

In mythological accounts, meteorites are described as magical bridges between heaven and earth. This reflects their remarkable property of bringing both destruction and life. Depending on a meteorite's size, its strike can be as powerful as an atomic bomb. It has the potential to destroy life and devastate the surrounding landscape. At the same time, we now know that meteorites were responsible for bringing water and amino acids - the main ingredients of human life - to the young planet Earth. The images in this book are analogue photos of stones and craters taken over the course of three years. Hanna Mattes scrutinized the mineral collections of natural history museums in Haarlem, Berlin, London, and New York, selecting and recording specimens, and travelled to Upheaval Dome, Barringer Crater, Sunset Crater, and Ubehebe Crater to photograph these impact sites where meteorites struck long ago. She later transformed the negatives of meteorites using watercolors, creating images that merge painting and photography.

Signatur

KM Mattes 2017