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Matthew Brandt — Hills Creek Lake, OR 7 from Lakes and Reservoirs
Matthew Brandt

Hills Creek Lake, OR 7 from Lakes and Reservoirs

Matthew Brandt's *Hills Creek Lake, OR 7* from his *Lakes and Reservoirs* series is a chromogenic print that has been soaked in the very water of Hills Creek Lake in Oregon, allowing the lake itself to physically alter and shape its own image. The process causes the water to chemically react with the photographic print, producing unpredictable blooms, streaks, and distortions that blur the boundary between representation and material reality. The result is a hauntingly beautiful abstraction that collapses the distinction between a photograph of a place and an artifact of that place.

Medium
Chromogenic print, soaked in Hills Creek Lake water.
Location
Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT

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October 1, 2014

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Matthew Brandt, Hills Creek Lake, OR 7 from Lakes and Reservoirs

Matthew Brandt's *Hills Creek Lake, OR 7* from his *Lakes and Reservoirs* series is a chromogenic print that has been soaked in the very water of Hills Creek Lake in Oregon, allowing the lake itself to physically alter and shape its own image. The process causes the water to chemically react with the photographic print, producing unpredictable blooms, streaks, and distortions that blur the boundary between representation and material reality. The result is a hauntingly beautiful abstraction that collapses the distinction between a photograph of a place and an artifact of that place.

Medium
Chromogenic print, soaked in Hills Creek Lake water.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Pacific Northwest, Conceptual Photography, Photography, Landscape Photography, Mohn Art Collective, Site-Specific Art, Male Artist, Nature And Environment, Conceptual Art, Nature Subject, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, Earthy Tones, American Artist, Chromogenic Print, Process Art, 21st Century, Meditative Mood, Earth Tones, Experimental Medium

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