Barbara Ghidini
Light into Matter
Vaso Alchemico
2023 – Alchemical Vessel
Chemigrams: Experimental analog photography on silver gelatin paper
Fine art photography printed on Hahnemühle cotton paper
Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm
Edition: 1/7 + 2 A.P.
Signed and numbered on verso
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Alchemical Vessel explores the fragile balance between control and transformation, intention and accident.
Through a process of direct chemical manipulation on photosensitive surfaces, I embrace 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 silver paper material.
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