Carbon Black
Carbon Black featured four portraits of the skies in Bengaluru and Fair Isle, inked with carbon black particles from the semi-combustion of hydrocarbons captured in the two locations. To bring these imperceptible particles to life, artist Anaïs Tondeur wore a mask that filtered carbon black particles which, when turned into ink, were used to print the photographs. Collaborating with atmospheric scientists Rita van Dingenen and Jean-Philippe Putaud, Tondeur pinpointed the emission source of carbon black particles. When these particles could travel thousands of miles, how did we trace the global repercussions of carbon emissions?
In Bengaluru, Tondeur strolled through commercial areas and green spaces with a group of young adults, capturing photographs of the skies in these locations. Here, a composite image of Bengaluru skies was created from these photographs.
Medium: Carbon black photographs
Year: 2017-2023
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Anaïs Tondeur
Visual Artist
Merging natural sciences and anthropology, myth-making, and new media, visual artist Anaïs Tondeur’s practice is anchored in ecology thought. Creating installations, photographs, or videos, she seeks a new aesthetic, in the sense of a renewal of our modes of perception, to find other conditions of being in the world.
She has been an artist-in-residence in several art centres and scientific laboratories, which include LeCentQuatre-Grand Paris Express (2018 – 2019), Artlink (Ireland, 2019), the Museum of Arts et Métiers (Paris, 2018 – 2017), and the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES, Paris, 2016).
