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‘W E H A V E ALL FOUND SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OR I N T R I GU I NG BY CHANCE’-anna gerber

you learn something new because you see something new ... and, by the way, i am not fixated on making something new. i just love the journey of learning and exploring. -april greiman

INTRODUCTIONThe unpredictability and unexpected outcomes offered

when we work in such a way as to take ourselves out of

a process can offer much more dynamic and interesting

results than if we were to control that process.

If we choose to use a film camera in a playful and

experimental way rather than one frame per shoot we allow

and embrace exploration of converging lines within images.

We encounter an element of surprise, the unexpected.

Unaware of what may happen and what result will come

of it, this adventures approach allows you to capture

photographs of what isn't actually there. This allows

photographs to work much like our memory, melting and

converging lines of images together allowing for a tangible

image, a moving memory captured in one photograph.

We can explore chance by being creative with the

negative itself before development by investigating the

chemical reactions that occur when the film reacts with

heat and substances. Of course you choose the effect

which is applied and the time it is left to effect the negative

but inevitably you are out of the actual process. You

cannot control how the chemical will react and effect

the negative as each frame and each colour on the

negative will react differently. You are unaware of what has

happened to the film until it is developed.

causes it to over expire

ROASTING

causes psychodelic colour stains

RED WINE

‘No matter how hard we try to control the creative

process, it is inevitable that we encounter an element

of unpredictability – something unexpected.’

-anna gerber

causes colour stains and it to over expireii

BOIL

causes film to melt and colour stains

DISHWASHER

THEUNEXPECTEDTake yourself out of the process, stop thinking too much

about what you are taking a picture of, just shoot the multiple

exposures and endless panoramic, see what happens.

Inevitably you do control the process to some extent but

by not thinking too much about the composure of the

image can open up what you can achieve, it explores

possibilities of the unexpected and welcomes chance,

mistakes and accidents. This can end up working to

your advantage, answers and potential can be found in

something you didn’t mean to create.

Often something we initially see as a failure will offer us a

surreal, interesting and alternative answer. By letting go and

allowing an uncontrollable method of working it embraces

the chance of failure and an unexpected outcome.

causes pink burnt stains

SODA

causes psychodelic bright colours

BLEACH

‘when something malfunctions, it doesn’t necessarily

mean that something is working against it, but

rather that something is working in tandem with it to

maximize its working in tandem with it to maximize its

unforeseen potential.’

-anna gerber

overexposed film causing strange images

DETERGENT

overexposed film causing strange images

LEMON

Error and its emotions. On the brink of error is a

condition of fear. In the midst of error is a state of folly

and defeat. Realizing you’ve made an error brings

shame and remorse. Or does it?’

-anne carson

causes blue washed out images

DETERGENT

causes bright colour stains

LEMON

causes green faded colouring

WASHING MACHINE

THE UNKNOWNRather than seeking perfection and an ideal answer it

allows chance and the possibilities of something unplanned

to work to your advantage and offer a alternative answer.

The unexpected can sometimes be the most interesting,

embrace the unknown welcome misstakes.

‘failure can also be something positive’

-anna gerber