Idris Kahn: Time-lapse artwork.

I guess you would call this a time lapse? It appears he would take an image of the same feature over and over again and then overlay each photo to create an almost skeletal image. I find there to be something beautiful and equally unnerving about these images as he takes a normal every day object and overlays it to break it down to its most solid lines. Like deconstruction in a way. I find that this technique also gives the objects movement.

This is a technique I am interested in, but I am not sure how it would look with colour? Or possibly if the image moved? I am also positive that the same result couldn't be achieved with a journey as the same lines would not be maintained. This is something I would like to try however. Taking a series of photos and overlapping them could create something very interesting.

Homage to Bernd and Hilla Beacher, 2007

Digital bromide print mounted on rag board

86.4 x 76.2 cm

St. Paul's, London, 2012

Digital silver bromide mounted on 4 ply museum board and Dibond

76.5 x 101.5 cm

Bukingham Palace, London, 2012

Digital silver bromide print mounted on 4 ply museum board and Dibond

76.5 x 101.5 cm

After doing a little bit more digging into Idris Kahn I found this image below which shows a trip he took in 2003 where he combined each of his photos into one. This has the same language as the other ones but answers my questions about the subject matter and the use of colour. This one is very interesting and different to the others. All though you can see shapes and figures they are not defined and I am suddenly curious as to what i am looking at.

Every...photograph whilst travelling in Europe, 2003

Digital chromgenic print mounted on aluminium

71.1 x 73 cm