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World Record Cyanotype - Goa, India

Help us tell a story through print and light on the beautiful beaches of Goa!

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World Record Cyanotype - Goa, India

World Record Cyanotype - Goa, India

World Record Cyanotype - Goa, India

World Record Cyanotype - Goa, India

World Record Cyanotype - Goa, India

Help us tell a story through print and light on the beautiful beaches of Goa!

Help us tell a story through print and light on the beautiful beaches of Goa!

Help us tell a story through print and light on the beautiful beaches of Goa!

Help us tell a story through print and light on the beautiful beaches of Goa!

JJ Hastings
JJ Hastings
JJ Hastings
JJ Hastings
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London, United Kingdom
$4,005 USD 52 backers
100% of $4,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Melanie & Jaden have been selected to serve as artists-in-residence for The Story of Light Festival in Goa, India!

With your support we will create a world-record setting cyanotype on one of the city’s beautiful beaches, as well as a body of work, inspired by the Festival’s theme, for exhibition in January 2015.

Children and adults alike will help us produce the world’s largest cyanotype, which will be created by having participants lie atop the print and then develop the print together in the salty waters of one of Goa’s beautiful beaches. The resulting print will be donated to a local arts charity or community centre.

Your contribution will help us cover the cost of our flights (which are rather expensive around the Holidays), local transportation, visas, as well as extra materials to produce our work and test our large cyanotype.

Contribute at any level and receive an invitation to our private exhibition in London next January showcasing the work we produced during our period in residence!

We will be in Goa from mid-December to mid-January, with the debut of our work and the attempt to break the record for largest cyanotype occuring during the Festival itself:

14-18 January 2015

Want to know more about who we are and what we will be doing there?

We (Melanie and Jaden) met as students on the MA Art & Science course at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London, and soon discovered a mutual affection for alternative photographic processes. As artists and photographers, our practises both explore humanity’s relationship with the Universe through imagery that considers the source of light, both solar and interstellar in origin, in the production of our work. During the Story of Light Festival, we hope to highlight the use of the sun’s energy, and our material connection to the broader Universe as a source for creativity and inspiration. The focus of Jaden’s hybrid art-science practice is an investigation of the material that defines our identity as human beings and the connection of our corporeal matter to the broader Universe. Melanie researches the parallel histories of photography and astronomy since the 19th century and how both have mutually, symbiotically contributed to our understanding of the Universe.

The overarching aim of our proposed project is to provide a deeper understanding of the way light energy (electromagnetic radiation) can induce a chemical reaction within photosensitive emulsions to produce works of manmade creativity and imagination.

Hopefully, we will inspire others to continue to explore the concepts and techniques we present, building their own body of ‘photopoietic’ art.

What motivates us to be a part of The Story of Light?

The ‘Story of Light Festival’ highlights the importance of light in our understanding of the universe, in the broadest sense. With the increasing availability of telescopes, microscopes and other optical equipment, we can look closely at objects we may have not had access to before. More ‘amateur’ scientists are emerging to see the universe in high definition, and as artists and philosophers we consider the cultural impact of these. We were motivated to get involved with The ‘Story of Light’ as our own artwork, research and interests mirror the main themes behind the festival. Both of our artistic practices involve the manipulation of light as an art material, in and of itself, and the optical use of light to view the universe in depth. We would like to become involved in ‘The Story of Light’ to encourage the local community of Goa to explore the use of light and simple chemical compounds to produce creative, expressive artwork. In an age that is becoming increasingly digital and ostensibly more complex, we would like to focus attendees’ attention upon the simple elegance of ‘photopoiesis’ -- creating visual poetry with light.


More of Jaden's work can be seen here: www.jadenhastings.com

More of Melanie's work can be seen here: www.melaniek.co.uk

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Quark

$5 USD
Receive a special shout out in our blog as a backer, and we will keep you apprised of our progress through weekly emails during the residency in Goa, including photo and video of our work in progress, and the production of our massive cyanotype!
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Photon

$15 USD
Receive a personalised postcard from Goa and weekly updates during the residency (photos & video). PLUS an invitation to a private exhibition of our work in London (Jan 2015).
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Gamma Ray

$60 USD
Your choice of an A4 Giclée of one of our cyanotype prints. Receive a personalised postcard and weekly updates during the residency. PLUS an invitation to our private exhibition in London (Jan 2015).
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Pulsar

$150 USD
An original cyanotype print of your choice, by Melanie or Jaden during the residency in Goa. You will also receive a personalised postcard from us, weekly updates, AND an invitation to our private exhibition in London (Jan 2015).
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Supernova

$500 USD
Become an official sponsor of our project! Your name/logo will appear on our blog and have special placement in our exhibition, and you will receive a cyanotype print of your choice from our residency. You will also, of course, receive our weekly updates and an invitation to our private exhibition in London.
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