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A natural pond from an century old image revisited  (2024)

 

When a century old photographic glass plate of a natural pond with the hand written indication ‘Craenepoel-Bellem’ came into my possession I was fascinated to know what that place will look like now.  So I visited that natural pond and I searched fot the exact spot where the unknown photographer had stood more than 100 years ago. Then, on that spot,  I took some pictures with my camera.  Thereafter I processed all the photos - the old one and the new ones- into a hanging glass installation, celebrating the beauty of that area. 

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The original photographic glass plate (7,0 cm x 5,0 cm) , displayed in a viewing box (12,0 cm x 12,0 cm x 9,0 cm

Five 3D- hanging objects, each 27,0 cm x 24,0 cm x 3,0 cm. The distance between the front and the back part of each slumped  object is 2,5 cm.

Float glass; Slumping, kiln fired photo decal transfers on the front and back side, kiln fired painting, silver leaf gilding. 

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