From my current exhibition "A Grand Day Out" :
‘Goop’
This is a collection of Polaroid peel-apart instant film images negatives. These paper negatives known as ‘goop’ are the part of film process that was originally designed to be thrown away.
‘Goop’, as the name suggests, are very sticky and unstable due to residual chemicals of the instant film process that are left on them. However, handled with care and scanned before they fully dry out, these negatives create a wonderful unique abstract vision of the world. The artist can therefore often choose this method over that of the more conventional positive image creation.
Photo Tips: This process is only possible with Polaroid apart films which are now all out of date and short supply. If you look at earlier articles in this Blog you will find many detailed of explanations of how to create these effects.
Unique: I have been asked quite a few questions during my time at the exhibition and I find it very interesting in what people ask, the most popular question being which is my favorite image …and I have to say I find that one a very difficult question to answer.All the images in the exhibition have been chosen by me not only as part of a specific collection but also part of the overall exhibition concept, so whereas one image may not necessarily have it’s own “wow” factor, it nevertheless supports other images within the collection.To me personally images that I have the strongest association with are those which I know I would have the greatest difficult in replicating, and therefore I know that they are truly unique and these are particularly special, and all the images in the Goop collection meet this criteria.