Source: Graduate Photography Online - 2023 - University of Brighton

Optograms of the Earth

Ainoa is a multidisciplinary artist encompassing Photography, Sculpture and Performance. Her current work 'Plastic Era as an Indicator of the Anthropocene' is an ongoing research-based project exploring the relationship between humans, non-compostable rubbish, and the earth. In its current phase titled 'Optograms of the Earth', the body of work presents a series of Colour Photograms produced with plastic waste extracted from Agricultural areas around Brighton and the South Downs. This project looks into the use of plastics in our everyday lives, particularly within agriculture and the effects of synthetic polymers in soil’s health. Additionally, this artistic project explores photography plasticity mixing experimental and traditional darkroom techniques. Along this work non-photographic subjects become subjects moving from the abject to the seductive. By enlarging these materials and subjecting them to light, she embarks on a journey of analysis, observing the progression of decay and degradation of different polymerized substances and their intricate interweaving with organic matter such as soil and plants. Plastic travels through space but also through time and light.

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Ainoa Burgos Gonzalez - University of Brighton