Nude

Nude reflects on the concepts of loss and transformation through a process that involves the destruction, separation, and recovery of photographic matter. The process I used to create Nude begins with the destruction of my early Polaroid works by cutting them into different shapes and narrow strips. The resulting images are subtle threads on blank paper, made of photographic emulsion removed from its original photo support. Recycling a material that is used for instant–print processes to create drawings on watercolor paper is an operation that interrogates humans’ adaptability in relation to transforming trauma and addresses the impossibility of imposing limits on expression. Photography is pivotal to this process—from its traditional practice to its conceptual aspects and its various means of experimentation that goes far beyond alternative processes. Nude meet on the border between photography and drawing, evading precise definitions and categorical barriers. Through its minimal and slippery language, Nude questions the concepts of divisions and absences as well as transitions and limits.