MAJO

Bleu { WORK IN PROGESS } .2023.

As a continuation of Whimsical Cartographies, Bleu is a further exploration of the negatives of terrestrial landscapes and bodies I have been working on.

This process became a way to talk about time: once the print is finished, it will keep changing over the years due to sunlight exposure. Cyanotypes are a very simple medium if you play with photograms, but I decided to add layers that seemed necessary for me. Using negatives in the process made me realize how many variables I was not able to control: the type of paper for the negative, the type of paper for the print, the formula for the chemical solution, the brush, how much I spread on the paper, how much time I wash the print, the temperature of the water, and the most important one for me - the time spent on each of these actions. It became impossible to produce the series that I had originally imagined. Each print forcibly became unique and what would appear as errors in the beginning, now reveal themselves as statements that differentiate them. The medium forced me to adapt.

This series is about acceptance: letting go of what we cannot control. Physical appearance, expectations, precious moments that we wish would not end. Different from nostalgia, but inevitably related to it, letting go is essential to move on in life.