If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been working hard on my research trip for Greenland this May. I’ve already gotten a schedule down, the campaign and fundraising launched as well as an idea of what imaging techniques to do. 

It’s funny because sometimes I think of something and in that moment when I go work on it, it may not have any substance and stash the idea/project away. Then months later when I am involved in something else I think of, ‘hey, I did that thing months ago that I can use again now!’ I usually love when I am able to recycle projects because it usually turns into something else that’s more sustainable.

This time it’s my topography project. I did the first run months ago when the idea came to me, but didn’t see it go anywhere because it didn’t produce a result that I was expecting but didn’t hate the result either, just didn’t know what to do with it. Yet after some thought of image-making I went back and thought that the result can be used in graphic design and realized the value of this result.

This came about after talking with the eco-technology company – The Ocean Cleanup. I had been working on the campaign for the research trip and been following people who are aligned with the arctic circle in some way. One connection was the ocean within the arctic circle since the campaign focused on the ice element. I started following smaller businesses who may not mind collaborating on something and reached out to them. Through some thought and soul-searching, I proposed to them to create some sort of image technique – unique – to their company to help raise awareness of their work. Unfortunately, they didn’t not have the Human Resources to help carry this out. But it gave me another use for my topography project. 

I think I am going to keep and eye out for waste-damage in Greenland and see if I can make a topographic impression of it – or several and then use this to create a series of prints. 

(above image is a result however it’s very faint and shows up better in video)

I have been working on my ferrofluid visualization technique in my MagKnotic project. I had been studying the video that I am using to replicate the process and just had a ‘d’oh’ moment. I was seeing the process as an imaging technique. But, yes it is a technique, however, it’s technically a DISPLAY. The image that appears is merely an effect of the DISPLAY. As such the liquid between the hele-shaw cell needs to remain relatively clear for it to display any sort of image. I bet that this is how most displays were originally made and maybe even made today. 

Maybe instead of focusing on creating an IMAGE I could focus on techniques to display an image. The image is a result of a successful display.