Underexposed

 

Underexposed

 

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.”