Description:
The impetus came from , or was initially inspired by the endless stream of monotonous images created by the exponential growth in the amount of photographic apparatus. In an effort to counteract this mediocre use of such a powerfull medium I envisaged a device that produced photographs not of some external object but ones which are focused on the very mechanism itself. A type of camera self portrait, not just of the exterior casing but of the whole interior operation: the lens turned inward towards it's own darkness.
Unrealised reasons:
The project continues to be unrealised , mostly due to the complications of turning the mechanism in on itself. The images should also be self processing, perhaps to the point whereby the resulting image is a product of the complete transmogrification of the material body and mechanism of the camera.
Other remarks:
The eventual realisation would perhaps render photography or at least the fashion for photography obsolete. How many thousands of photographs exist of the eiffel tower?
Perhaps as many photographs to equal the actual weight of the physical structure itself. How long will it take before the mass of photographic material and data out weigh the actual mass of the planet itself?
Pippin 1997
Description:
The impetus came from , or was initially inspired by the endless stream of monotonous images created by the exponential growth in the amount of photographic apparatus. In an effort to counteract this mediocre use of such a powerfull medium I envisaged a device that produced photographs not of some external object but ones which are focused on the very mechanism itself. A type of camera self portrait, not just of the exterior casing but of the whole interior operation: the lens turned inward towards it's own darkness.
Unrealised reasons:
The project continues to be unrealised , mostly due to the complications of turning the mechanism in on itself. The images should also be self processing, perhaps to the point whereby the resulting image is a product of the complete transmogrification of the material body and mechanism of the camera.
Other remarks:
The eventual realisation would perhaps render photography or at least the fashion for photography obsolete. How many thousands of photographs exist of the eiffel tower?
Perhaps as many photographs to equal the actual weight of the physical structure itself. How long will it take before the mass of photographic material and data out weigh the actual mass of the planet itself?
Pippin 1997