ELAINE DUIGENAN (UK)

 
  "Aqua Amazonas," by Elaine Duigenan, 2009
  18"x 24", archival pigment print
  on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag paper
 

 

  "Terra Incognita," by Elaine Duigenan, 2009 
  18"x 24", archival pigment print
  on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag paper

 
   
  "Mollusca Insatiabilis," by Elaine Duigenan, 2009 
  18"x 24", archival pigment print
  on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag paper
 

 ARTIST STATEMENT:


The marks have been made by snails grazing on algae with the rasping action of a spiky tongue. Year upon year they etch chaotic trails on abandoned surfaces, marking time and leaving us with rambling encryptions. The patterns in nature seem to replicate on both micro and cosmic scales. Small etchings on the side of a derelict building can look like entire swathes of earth in a satellite picture. On November 11th 2009 one of Elaine's images flew to the International Space Station aboard Shuttle Atlantis. Astronaut Leland Melvin had been inspired to extend the connections in the work by photographing it in the Kibo Lab window with Earth below.

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