Publication — an ting

A Stone within a Mountain, a Mountain within a stone, 2022
15x 21.8x 0.3 cm
Edition of 30
Inkjet print on Xuan paper

I'm drawn to those test strips that are always kept in the archive box, preserved (leftover) from the darkroom process. I constantly go through them. Test strips are small-sized photographic paper, a step to ensure the accuracy of the colour and contrast of the image. Similar to light emulsion, they are fragile and even slowly fade with time. Sometimes, I feel uncertain to display them for fear of losing or damaging them. With their irregular shapes and sizes the perspectives are altered, also they are in a state of finished and unfinished. This publication showcases these test strips as the central element. Highlighting the importance of the test strip in achieving the final images, by resetting these seemingly discarded strips on delicate rice paper and incorporating them into a new scene, for people to revisit those mountains, trees, water, stone, and land.