Anna Andrejew

There is no new water on this Earth. The air, earth, plants, and water that are available today are all recycled or regenerated from earlier generations of the same. The water cycle –the process by which water circulates on the earth – is a closed system. Irrigation helps combat drought in agriculture. Instead of scarce groundwater, an alternative water source can be used: purified waste water from water treatment plants. However, this water still contains contaminants. The NWO Closed Cycle project investigated the reuse of this residual water for agricultural purposes. For the purpose of this research, corn crops were irrigated with waste water. The level of contamination of the water and also its movement in the soil was studied. The main conclusions of the research project highlight that there are still many questions unanswered regarding which quality requirements the residual water should meet. For the artistic interpretation of this project, the paper was made of corn leaves (the residuals of a harvest) and photosensitive liquids show the movement of water over time. This shows how the effects of watering a crop develop over time and with light. This work was made during a performance that resembles watering soil.

There is no new water on this Earth. The air, earth, plants, and water that are available today are all recycled or regenerated from earlier generations of the same. The water cycle –the process by which water circulates on the earth – is a closed system. Irrigation helps combat drought in agriculture. Instead of scarce groundwater, an alternative water source can be used: purified waste water from water treatment plants. However, this water still contains contaminants. The NWO Closed Cycle project investigated the reuse of this residual water for agricultural purposes. For the purpose of this research, corn crops were irrigated with waste water. The level of contamination of the water and also its movement in the soil was studied. The main conclusions of the research project highlight that there are still many questions unanswered regarding which quality requirements the residual water should meet. For the artistic interpretation of this project, the paper was made of corn leaves (the residuals of a harvest) and photosensitive liquids show the movement of water over time. This shows how the effects of watering a crop develop over time and with light. This work was made during a performance that resembles watering soil.

There is no new water on this Earth. The air, earth, plants, and water that are available today are all recycled or regenerated from earlier generations of the same. The water cycle –the process by which water circulates on the earth – is a closed system. Irrigation helps combat drought in agriculture. Instead of scarce groundwater, an alternative water source can be used: purified waste water from water treatment plants. However, this water still contains contaminants. The NWO Closed Cycle project investigated the reuse of this residual water for agricultural purposes. For the purpose of this research, corn crops were irrigated with waste water. The level of contamination of the water and also its movement in the soil was studied. The main conclusions of the research project highlight that there are still many questions unanswered regarding which quality requirements the residual water should meet. For the artistic interpretation of this project, the paper was made of corn leaves (the residuals of a harvest) and photosensitive liquids show the movement of water over time. This shows how the effects of watering a crop develop over time and with light. This work was made during a performance that resembles watering soil.

An ecofeminist perspective on photographie.

Een ecofeministische blik op fotografie.

Cables are like our roots and eventually all data rots. This project explores the physicality of our digital presence by treating the image as an ecosystem. By introducing decentralized authorship, ambiguity, and impermanence, images are co-created by multispecies. Additionally, the project examines the dependence and similarities between our digital ways and the rest of the ecology. Installation entails: concrete, handmade paper, mold, wax, tree root, cable, clay, soil, ink. It creates a space for conversations and thought. Part of the project are also a participatory perfromance conducted jointly with tech-activist Ola Bonati and the publication “Organic Internet” which was co-written by six other authors (activists, academics, artists and hackers) who are all taking part of the discourse towards greener computing.

Cables are like our roots and eventually all data rots. This project explores the physicality of our digital presence by treating the image as an ecosystem. By introducing decentralized authorship, ambiguity, and impermanence, images are co-created by multispecies. Additionally, the project examines the dependence and similarities between our digital ways and the rest of the ecology. Installation entails: concrete, handmade paper, mold, wax, tree root, cable, clay, soil, ink. It creates a space for conversations and thought. Part of the project are also a participatory perfromance conducted jointly with tech-activist Ola Bonati and the publication “Organic Internet” which was co-written by six other authors (activists, academics, artists and hackers) who are all taking part of the discourse towards greener computing.

Probably you collected fallen leaves or looked at the imprints your boots create in the mud. As children we can be absorbed by Nature, as adults we are mostly disconnected from it. We see ourselves as rational beings that can bend Nature to our will. Nature is somewhere out there. In this work I want to show that we are Nature. Every atom in our body came from a star that exploded. My work consists of an ongoing number of explorations that I divide into chapters. In this chapter I studied soil and my own body through a natural chemical process of chromatography: a photographic process that reveals the characteristics of the earth and its organic matter that exist beyond what the eye can see. The images are determined by the nature of the material rather than our perception of it. My work is not created but discovered.

Probably you collected fallen leaves or looked at the imprints your boots create in the mud. As children we can be absorbed by Nature, as adults we are mostly disconnected from it. We see ourselves as rational beings that can bend Nature to our will. Nature is somewhere out there. In this work I want to show that we are Nature. Every atom in our body came from a star that exploded. My work consists of an ongoing number of explorations that I divide into chapters. In this chapter I studied soil and my own body through a natural chemical process of chromatography: a photographic process that reveals the characteristics of the earth and its organic matter that exist beyond what the eye can see. The images are determined by the nature of the material rather than our perception of it. My work is not created but discovered.

Probably you collected fallen leaves or looked at the imprints your boots create in the mud. As children we can be absorbed by Nature, as adults we are mostly disconnected from it. We see ourselves as rational beings that can bend Nature to our will. Nature is somewhere out there. In this work I want to show that we are Nature. Every atom in our body came from a star that exploded. My work consists of an ongoing number of explorations that I divide into chapters. In this chapter I studied soil and my own body through a natural chemical process of chromatography: a photographic process that reveals the characteristics of the earth and its organic matter that exist beyond what the eye can see. The images are determined by the nature of the material rather than our perception of it. My work is not created but discovered.

Probably you collected fallen leaves or looked at the imprints your boots create in the mud. As children we can be absorbed by Nature, as adults we are mostly disconnected from it. We see ourselves as rational beings that can bend Nature to our will. Nature is somewhere out there. In this work I want to show that we are Nature. Every atom in our body came from a star that exploded. My work consists of an ongoing number of explorations that I divide into chapters. In this chapter I studied soil and my own body through a natural chemical process of chromatography: a photographic process that reveals the characteristics of the earth and its organic matter that exist beyond what the eye can see. The images are determined by the nature of the material rather than our perception of it. My work is not created but discovered.

Probably you collected fallen leaves or looked at the imprints your boots create in the mud. As children we can be absorbed by Nature, as adults we are mostly disconnected from it. We see ourselves as rational beings that can bend Nature to our will. Nature is somewhere out there. In this work I want to show that we are Nature. Every atom in our body came from a star that exploded. My work consists of an ongoing number of explorations that I divide into chapters. In this chapter I studied soil and my own body through a natural chemical process of chromatography: a photographic process that reveals the characteristics of the earth and its organic matter that exist beyond what the eye can see. The images are determined by the nature of the material rather than our perception of it. My work is not created but discovered.

Reading the essay "a cameraless photographer" on Mushroom radio.

includes the essay "The cameraless photographer".