This book includes reproductions of a photo series documenting Silly Putty™ that has been pressed onto the images of iconic artworks in order to reproduce them. The material used to copy the image and the image’s reversal combine organic and photomechanical qualities that are similar to the way in which analog photography records images and the way the human retina records an image prior to transmitting it to the brain. The series invites the viewer to consider the stages of perception and interpretation of an image including its memorability and the ability for it to become significant in that process.
Designed by Adam Thurnbull.