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I'm a British artist living in #Porto.
Theories of #philosophy of #memory inspire my #cyanotype #origami and #stitchwork creations.

Currently working on #Situationist International studies of cities and maps, and philosophy of cultural memory. Would love to collaborate with a #cartographer or #architect ...

Find more of my work here... https://alunkirby.com/

Thank you!

#PortoArt #PortoArtist #Cameraless #cameralessPhotography #Memory #PhilosophyOfMemory #Sashiko #Debord

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#Anthotype #AlternativePhotography #AltProcess #PlantBasedArt #CameraLessPhotography

How fast can you fold orizuru?

I am making an installation which will use about 500-700 orizuru. Each is made from cyanotype coated tissue paper or rice paper. After a while they turn into pictures. They are #metamorphogram images. They will be hung in this form.

This is not a good origami paper, so I'm going at 20-30 per hour!

#Cyanotype #blueprint #sunprint #metamorphogram #porto #portoart #portoartist #cameraless #cameralessphotography

Today's watergram/luminogram. Getting funky with the designs.
#luminogram
#cameralessphotography
#ilfordpaper

Some more cyanotypes from the last few days. It's not been sunny, but enough UV light gets through the clouds to drive the reaction.

Having said that, some of these exposures run into days...

#cyanotype
#blueprint
#origami
#metamorphogram
#memory
#PhilosophyOfMemory #reeds #waves #longexposure #abstract #cameraless #cameralessPhotography

Rose Mine, cyanotype on paper, approx 10 x 5 cm

A rose leaf showing the tracks made by a leaf-mining insect.
Exposed for a couple of days to reveal the detail of the leaf structure.

#cyanotype #cyanotypeprint #cyanotypeprocess #cameralessphotography #sunprint #rose #roseleaf #leafminer
Spikes

These photograms / organic stains were influenced by the escalating number of homeless people in Brighton. It's hard to engage with an individual if you have nothing to say so I looked at the ground, as many do, and found flowers and fauna penetrating the pavement crust. I found a glimmer of optimism there. Seemingly a very fragile life can grow and thrive in a hostile environment if given even a tiny amount of sunshine. I made photograms / organic stains using the plants by pressing them into large format film. After a week I’d shine a little blue light onto them before developing and scanning the negative.

Spikes by Willie Robb

30 Views of a June Day - work in progress.

Cyanotype-coated watercolour paper made 30 'turtle' units for this model.

It was left outside for 24 hours. It's now going to be developed and... possibly collaged or reconstructed.

Exploring ideas about how we each have unique memories of a shared experience. Variables, in this case, include our point of view and our interactions with others.

#cyanotype #origami #metamorphogram #modularorigami #blueprint #philosophy #memory #cameralessphotography