For Nothing Gets Lost (2025)
‘For Nothing Gets Lost’ departs from the arguably dominant understanding in the Western world that there is a divide between the living and non-living. In a photographic response I approach this divide with questions about my relation to these beings, whether perceived living or non-living.
The title of this work is derived from the famous words by chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1789): “Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme.” Which translates to: Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. Which, to me imply that non-living might be more rare than we as humans think.
This project is an attempt to photographically wonder about the relation between what has been perceived as the living and the non-living. By using black & white images instead of colour, I take the portrayed out of their realistic environment as perceived by human eyes. I invite the viewer to join me in my wonder about our relation with the object world and think about our position within the ecological system.
Exhibition
‘For Nothing Gets Lost’ departs from the arguably dominant understanding in the Western world that there is a divide between the living and non-living. In a photographic response I approach this divide with questions about my relation to these beings, whether perceived living or non-living.
The title of this work is derived from the famous words by chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1789): “Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme.” Which translates to: Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. Which, to me imply that non-living might be more rare than we as humans think.
This project is an attempt to photographically wonder about the relation between what has been perceived as the living and the non-living. By using black & white images instead of colour, I take the portrayed out of their realistic environment as perceived by human eyes. I invite the viewer to join me in my wonder about our relation with the object world and think about our position within the ecological system.
Exhibition