De weerlozen [The Defenseless], 2025.
The Defenseless is a diptych of photograms created in the Spring of 2025 on the beach in front of KEI (Oostduinkerke) - a rehabilitation clinic, which hosted a solo presentation of my artworks in the Summer of 2025. A sheet of handmade Japanese Tatou paper was rendered light-sensitive by means of a home-made emulsion. Subsequently, I positioned it outdoors on the flat, hard sand near the North Sea’s waterline. Then, I decorated this paper with freshly cut sea rocket growing in the wild nearby, while exposing the whole to natural sunlight. The print was washed extensively in the workshop at KEI and, ultimately, dried in an especially installed darkroom inside of the clinic.
Both works are mounted in frames of whitened maple wood. Prints: 33,6 x 47,4 cm each. Framed dimensions: 46,6 x 60,2 cm each.