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Untitled from the series Terra Incognita (2018-present) • Camera-less paper negative buried and exposed to natural environment for 30 days. Archival pigment print. 42x56.5 cm •⁣⁣⁣
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I took this photo in December last year in Lika, sometime around Christmas, where my camera-less project “Terra Incognita” takes place. It was unbelievable for me to witness such high temperatures and absence of snow which was regularly at least one meter high when I was a child. And all the roads were unapproachable when you’d want to drive to some place or go back. At the same time, there was some meditative quietness in all that, which we didn’t know to appreciate when we had it. But except for absence of snow, most of the locals went to live somewhere else, to more economically sustainable areas, so this whole region really feels empty. And kind of sad. You can wander around these fields for hours or even days and possibly see only one person. Or more likely herd of wild horses. But anyway, this particular landscape, its beautiful scenery and wilderness remains a constant source of inspiration and a playground too. 🌔
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Another negative, another set of details. Diversity of microcosms is so interesting and unusual, just as you can see it here. As if these images were made in a completely different universe and not on the planet Earth. ⁣
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More of these close-ups and details in the next days and weeks.⁣
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Seeing my newest negatives on a 5K screen is almost like having microscope that shows tiniest things that are hidden from human sight. And this is just one of many exciting moments when it comes to this project. It's hard to believe this paper was buried in the ground for long period of time and now it is covered with all these unusual shapes, textures and colors. It's fascinating how nature can literally draw all these shapes, unintentionally and randomly, and still they always remind us of something.
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I'm happy to see such crispness and depth of details on the negative I'm currently working on. ⁣⁣
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In 2019 so many good things came along my way. Thank you to everyone who supported me and to all friends who brought good energy and fun into my life. Wishing everyone joy and success in 2020 🎈🙏🔥💫
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Starting tomorrow for the next few days, I will be taking over the @reclaimphotographyfestival Instagram feed. I am sharing six photographs from my body of work Terra Incognita, the series I’ve been working on for almost two years. Here is an excerpt from my project statement, written earlier this year:⁣
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“’Krbavsko polje’, a vast field in the heart of Lika, a mountain region of Croatia, has been my tranquil, safe place for years. It is a distant, untouched and wildly natural landscape, situated far from city life, industry or pollution.⁣
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With “Terra Incognita“, a cartographic term used for uncharted territories, I wanted to deepen my connection with this desolate landscape, and to draw my own maps of this territory. Inconvenient for orientation, these maps belong to the realm of the unreal. They are direct imprints of nature, referring a specific site in the landscape, but in an abstract, imaginary way. Focus is on the invisible and hidden, on what lies under, and not what is above...⁣
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With an aim of letting nature draw physical traces with its own energy, I placed light sensitive paper directly onto the soil, beneath stones, where it was exposed to darkness for 30 days. Soil activity and micro climate fluctuations spontaneously left marks on the paper, materializing complexities and randomness consistent in the natural environment.⁣
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After collecting imprints from their originating locations, I took them to my darkroom, where I processed them as negatives, and digitally reversed them into complementary tones and colors. The final step of this physical permutation is enlargement to a human scale, so they suggest how lively and fascinating these micro cosmoses are...”⁣
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Camera-less paper negative buried and exposed to natural environment for 30 days. Archival pigment print. 42x56.5 cm⁣
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Although social media is great, sometimes I feel that going offline can be even more rewording than being present all the time. Especially to gain another perspective on life, or just to look at your current projects and affairs in different light, far from piles of information and visual stimuli.
As for Terra Incognita #terraincognitaproject, art project that preoccupies me the most, I feel happy that it still goes on after all this time, and that I am still finding a thrill in just thinking about it. Going towards the end of 2019, I'm spending more and more time in my studio and less on terrain. I am working and printing my project portfolio, revisiting older works and finding some new I somehow managed to skip in the past.
This piece (also to be exhibited @reclaimphotographyfestival in January 2020) is framed using the best possible materials and services I could find in my area. It's one of the best pigment prints I made so far and I keep it on my wall for reference (in size, feel and touch). Although 2020 is not quite yet here, and although this big number sounds scary, I am also looking forward to all new things that will come with it. Hoping to see some good shows, visit new cities and meet new people. Sounds exciting!

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Untitled from the series Terra Incognita (2018-present) • Camera-less paper negative buried and exposed to natural environment for 30 days. Archival pigment print. 42x56.5 cm •
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Untitled from the series Terra Incognita (2018-present) • Camera-less paper negative buried and exposed to natural environment for 30 days. Archival pigment print. 42x56.5 cm •
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Untitled from the series Terra Incognita (2018-present) • Camera-less paper negative buried and exposed to natural environment for 30 days. Archival pigment print. 42x56.5 cm •
____________ #terraincognitaproject #cameralessphotography #photographicpaper #sitespecific #landart #entropy #experimentalphotography #earthprint #earthart #processart #conceptual #abstract #environment #abstractphotography #nature #landscape #abstractlandscape #contemporaryphotography #markoumicevic #artscience #analogphotography #archivalprint #earth #anthropocene #fineartphotography #floatcurated

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Untitled from the series Terra Incognita (2018-present) • Camera-less paper negative buried and exposed to natural environment for 30 days. Archival pigment print. 42x56.5 cm •
____________ #terraincognitaproject #cameralessphotography #photographicpaper #sitespecific #landart #entropy #experimentalphotography #earthprint #earthart #processart #conceptual #abstract #environment #abstractphotography #nature #landscape #abstractlandscape #contemporaryphotography #markoumicevic #artscience #analogphotography #archivalprint #earth #anthropocene #fineartphotography

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