Kassenlicht, 2024 - ongoing

Drawing inspiration from the Romantic ideal of the sublime, this project explores the enigmatic glow of greenhouse emissions through a variety of photographic techniques. Divided in chapters, each section seeks to artistically deconstruct the greenhouse surplus light's impact on flora and fauna across various scales.

Fieldwork and phytograms

On cloudy days—approximately 134 per year in this region—the nature reserve transforms into a natural photographic darkroom. Soft orange and red tones bathe the landscape while creating an otherworldly mystical atmosphere. These are appropriate conditions for the phytogram process, which harnesses the internal chemistry of plants, light, and a photosensitive surface. With exposure and development occurring simultaneously, camera-less images of plants are produced directly on-site to capture their interaction with the surrounding environment and the luminous glow of greenhouse emissions.