ARRESTING LIGHT Workshop

Saturday
16 September 2023
11am–1pm

POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

workshop documentation. Photo; Chris Mulia

This workshop will explore how the photographic Lumen process can generate images from the interaction of a light source, light-sensitive photographic paper and an object to create a unique trace of that object.

Lumen prints rely on the principle that photographic paper, if exposed to enough light, will produce an image without developer chemicals being required. The photographic paper’s colour continues to change the longer it is exposed to light, unless chemically ‘fixed’. Pluta instead asks: ‘What happens if the image is left unfixed and preserved in a dark environment?’

Participants are requested to bring two or three personal objects no larger than 20x25cm. Each object can be two or three dimensional. When choosing objects, consider how they might hold personal memories. Consider bringing a variety of objects that might be translucent or opaque and contain different levels of detail.