Hanako Murakami　|　村上華子

Pelliculis Pelliculas

Silver print from glass plate negative, unique, 37.5 x 27.8 cm, 2017

each plates dating from the 1920's, was treated in a chemical bath  

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While staring into a spring, a century can go by until time crystallises into a smooth skin across its surface. Skins then build up, deepening the spring. Let’s call the former ‘pellicula’, and the latter ‘pelliculis’.