Since ancient times, human beings have continuously given life to land and civilization. We
constantly create stories and memories in each land which has its own temperature and culture.
Everything on land experiences a cycle of weathering, squeezing, and accumulating. In the end,
everything on land disintegrates and reconstructs to irregular solids.
constantly create stories and memories in each land which has its own temperature and culture.
Everything on land experiences a cycle of weathering, squeezing, and accumulating. In the end,
everything on land disintegrates and reconstructs to irregular solids.
The project is based on my thoughts about the boundary between sea and land. The gravel in the
soil is cracked by hitting each other under the lap of waves, thus forming a new state. The
minerals and gravel are brought back to the sea by the waves and become nutrients for
microorganisms. The boundary between the sea and the land, constantly surging but exists
forever, is the birthplace of land and life. For me, that is also the end of human civilization.
I used the square composition of a medium format camera to metaphorically refer to “time”, a
concept of nature that only humans have. I pressed the shutter after a series of precise
calculations, and each square perfectly framed the time and scenery of the moment. In order to
let the negative and the seawater fully interact, I soaked the negative in the seawater taken from
the shot location. In doing so, the salt and minerals in the seawater are able to remain on the
negative.
concept of nature that only humans have. I pressed the shutter after a series of precise
calculations, and each square perfectly framed the time and scenery of the moment. In order to
let the negative and the seawater fully interact, I soaked the negative in the seawater taken from
the shot location. In doing so, the salt and minerals in the seawater are able to remain on the
negative.
During the film development, the sea salt and minerals that stay on the negative produce
chemical reactions with chemistry and silver halides. Human intervention and uncertain
chemistry allow the whole process to create a memory journey between the earth and the sea,
human beings and nature. The final images fulfill the purpose of recreating memories from of
different times and spaces - making them eternal. The images not only record the memory of the
ocean for 4.5 billion years, but they also witness the vitality of everything and the inseparable
connection between human beings and the earth.
