Abrams, I. 2025. Ephemeral and Entropic Properties of Ice as an Image-making Method. Sixteenth International Conference on The Image. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris, France 11 - 12 Sep 2025 CGScholar.
| Title | Ephemeral and Entropic Properties of Ice as an Image-making Method |
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| Authors | Abrams, I. |
| Type | Conference paper |
| Abstract | The paper explores the ephemeral and entropic properties of melting ice as a means of experimental image production and the impact of ambient data on image making processes. With reference to research and examples of a fieldwork developed in Sweden, the paper examines how natural phenomena can be apprehended and represented through unique image making methods and how these can be translated into aesthetic experience. The paper discusses first: How the transient and contingent qualities of ice can be employed in the process of making images on paper? The illustrated paper demonstrates a case study, conducted on locations, examining how creating images with fragments of ice from the lakes, can allow for the actual landscape to become physically an integral part of the image in a literal sense. Contrary to the traditional ‘mirror of reality’ pictorial conventions of the landscape, the paper examines the ability of ice-made images to capture the fragments of the landscape within the work. |
| Keywords | UNIQUE ART, TECHNIQUE, PROCESS, EPHEMERAL, PERCEPTION, FIELDWORK |
| Year | 2025 |
| Conference | Sixteenth International Conference on The Image |
| Publisher | CGScholar |
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| Published | 2025 |
| Web address (URL) | https://cgscholar.com/cg_event/events/X25en/proposal/75749 |