Eluvium
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Object Details
Artist/Maker
Meghann Riepenhoff, American, born 1979
Date
2012
Medium
Pigmented inkjet prints in book form
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Cameron McCord
Accession #
2013.429
Description
Riepenhoff compels another physical yet transient force, breath, to leave a direct mark on her prints. She explains, “The word Eluvium describes residual deposits of soil and sand produced by wind. To create these images, I cast sand on sheets of light-sensitive paper in the dark. I then spoke, sang, cried, and otherwise generated breath in almost touching proximity to the paper, my actions moving the sand into formations. I exposed and processed the paper, titling each image after what I said or did to create it.”