Last week I saw Tim Heads 'Toxic Lagoon' in the V&A, and I’ve decided to use this as the basis my 'Processes' Project. The project is to find a photographic image, and research the process in which its created. This piece is a 'Dye Destruction Print' which i had never come across before, and was confused why 'destruction' would be involved! This inspired me to go and find out more about it. It's known as Ilfochrome, (aka Cibachrome). People use this process to get strong vibrant colours in their work, which is true of Heads piece. “Cibachrome dyes have very good spectrophotometric characteristics meaning they yield images with excellent colour saturation and hue rendition.” (Krause, Peter 1982) Also it’s used for archival type images as it doesn't fade.
It’s a polyester based material that’s made up of layers of emulsion, with some of those layers saturated in dyes and chemicals that are sensitive to certain colours, then when exposed, they record the colour details. The material is then bleached which destroys the dyes (hence the name) but reveals the image.
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So I was to put together an A3 page that included descriptions about the image, process and context. We each had the same template to follow so when hung in the gallery they looked really good.
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| My Piece on Tim Heads Toxic Lagoon |
Sources:
Krause, Peter and H. Shull, 1982. Complete Guide to Cibachrome Printing. Michigan: H.P. Books
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