The Laboratories: Where I Learn to Breathe (2022)
Working ecologically both on the conceptual and practical level, Elise developed negatives with her own plant-based developer using seaweed as an alternative to chemical substances. These photographs were taken while location scouting for her film Where I Learn to Breathe.
Below the photograph is a lightbox table on which are placed the photo negative, the seaweed, and other elements used in the plant-based photographic developer. Halfway between the darkroom and a laboratory, the installation questions traditional photographic development.
This installation was made in parallel to her film Where I Learn to Breathe.
Elise Guillaume, Where I Learn to Breathe, installation view RCA2022, Royal College of Art, 2022
Elise Guillaume, Where I Learn to Breathe, installation view RCA2022, Royal College of Art, 2022
Elise Guillaume, Where I Learn to Breathe, installation view RCA2022, Royal College of Art, 2022
Elise Guillaume, Where I Learn to Breathe, installation view RCA2022, Royal College of Art, 2022
Elise Guillaume, Where I Learn to Breathe, installation view RCA2022, Royal College of Art, 2022
Elise Guillaume, Where I Learn to Breathe, installation view RCA2022, Royal College of Art, 2022
I Try to Keep Flowing With The Currents, 2022
C-type print, 110 x 68.75 cm
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