Vaso Alchemico II – L’Ingovernabile

2023 – Alchemical Vessel II – The Ungovernable

Chemigrams: Experimental analog photography on silver gelatin paper
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“Viendo un relámpago, quienquiera que no entienda es admirable.” – Matsu Bashō
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Alchemical Vessel II – The Ungovernable explores the fragile balance between control and transformation, intention and accident.

Through a process of direct chemical manipulation on photosensitive surfaces, the artist embraces unpredictability as a generative force.

Each image is a living reaction — light, matter, and time merging into forms that evoke both the organic and the cosmic.

The “vessel” functions as a symbolic container: a site of metamorphosis where substances dissolve, recompose, and give birth to new visual states.

My work transforms photography into an alchemical act — an unpredictable dialogue between the my gesture and the autonomy of material.

Part of an ongoing exploration into the autonomy of photographic materials.

Barbara Ghidini