10 Days and Nights - 10 suspended perspex lenses with back-projected video
The Mediums Glasses I & II - Photographs printed onto old pairs of glasses using traditional darkroom techniques
I was inspired to produce a series of works based on nineteenth century occult and pseudo-scientific documentary photography. During the nineteenth century it was believed that camera technology could capture the spirit world and photographs appearing to show ghosts and a range of occult phenomena were often used as "evidence" for a world that lay beyond what we could see.
Laura Marker
Laura Marker - artist
Laura Marker - Folding Triptych - Digital Collage
Laura Marker - Folding Triptych - Digital Collage
detail Laura Marker - Folding Triptych - Digital Collage
Laura Marker - Folding Triptych - Digital Collage
The Entomologist's Cabinet - Folding Triptych - Digital Collage
I have often wondered about all the people throughout history that had the potential to become prominent scientists but were never able to fulfil their potential due to a lack of education or simply being the "wrong" gender. I have begun to redress the imbalance by creating a series paying homage to these missing scientists.