AMY THEISS GIESE
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Infra Certum
2016-2020

To navigate the world, we operate on a series of assumptions. What happens when those expectations are tested? This body of work is both a challenge to the medium of photography and an attempt to find a visual language that can address our complex time. There are gestures, actions, reactions that leave indelible marks. From the system of nerves that allows me to feel, to the fleet of satellites that slip around the earth, to the institutional policies that shape our daily lives, I’m interested in thinking about how to address what isn’t seen. These images attempt to pull these networked webs into the light and I use the language of abstraction to tackle the abstract concepts that seem to be in question right now. This series, Infra Certum, Latin for “fixed below,” is my way of grappling with what seems impossible to pin down.
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Note on the process: Each image is a unique, camera-less, lens-less chemical painting using traditional black and white darkroom chemistry and the chromoskedasic sabatier process on silver gelatin or chromogenic paper.
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The work would not have evolved without the generous gifts of my photographic friends: Lindsey Beal, Caleb Cole, Bill Franson, Lauren Pascarella, Bruce Myren and Ron Cowie!
This body of work consists of roughly 100 unique pieces of varying sizes made starting in 2016 and still ongoing. A range of pieces are available for exhibition or purchase.
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  • About
  • Projects
    • Concealed at First
    • My Head is Too Heavy
    • Volume's Surface
    • Absence of Light
    • Eidolon + Shadows
    • Infra Certum
    • Dissolve the World
    • Two Views
    • Migration of Silver
    • Dear Diary
    • Full of Sound and Fury
    • Harvey/Holzer
    • Transition States
    • Mozartova White
    • Ipseity Series