OB_021 — Image_dissolution_by_solvent
Status
Status:: Finished
1. Operation data
Internal number: OB_021
Operational regime: Direct Material Intervention
Source image: Printed photograph
Operational description:
The toner-printed image on A4 paper has its ink diluted with a solvent (Acetone).
2. Tools and procedure
Tools / medium:
- Toner print
- Paper
Technical procedure:
Acetone is poured, and using fingers and paper, it is rubbed so that the print dilutes and mixes.
3. Variables
Controlled variables:
Quantity and quality of Acetone. // Type of print
Uncontrolled / accidental variables:
The movement and chance of the liquid. Which color the acetone will act upon.
4. Visual sequence
Initial image
Step 01
Step 02
Step 03
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Step 10
5. Visual selection
Crisis / threshold according to AI-assisted reading / ChatGPT
Criterion:
Crisis / threshold according to my perception
Criterion:
6. Crisis and formal-perceptual reading
Main crisis:
The operation affects the visual grammar of the image: form, contour, color, figure/ground relationship, legibility, recognition, and support:
The operation affects the support; the liquid wrinkles the paper and also acts on the ink, which dilutes and mixes, causing the form to lose structure and the figure-ground to interact. Color mixes; certain colors are more susceptible to acetone, black easily begins to yield, covering the image in gray.
7. Final evaluation and artistic reference
Operation notes / what I learned:
The photographic documentation also affected the final archive. Depending on the ambient light, the documentation changes. It works, but it is not very malleable.
Final_status:
Works:: YES
How it destroys the image:
Works_on:: Formal
Level and Richness of crisis:
Crisis:: Medium
Decision:
Selection:: Combinable / Save
Potential artistic reference
Reference:: Oscar Muñoz, Robert Rauschenberg, Antoni Tapies
Possible works: