Territory, Charted
Making time count. Zuijderwijk / Vergouwe are a Dutch photographer couple who live nomadically with their three daughters – travelling the world and working on photography projects that document artistic interventions on landscapes. Their latest project Mapping is being showed at NewWerktheater and collected in a self-published book.
Shot primarily in the Isles of Mull and Iona (Scotland), the Mapping photographs depict large rock formations featuring a distinctive pattern of bright lines. These motifs, created entirely on location, are made by hand-drawing lines on the landscape with a laser pointer, and photographing the scenes at extremely low speed. The resulting images refer to the human urge to rationalize and understand our surroundings, as well as nodding to mankind’s relentless subjugation of nature.
Shot primarily in the Isles of Mull and Iona (Scotland), the Mapping photographs depict large rock formations featuring a distinctive pattern of bright lines. These motifs, created entirely on location, are made by hand-drawing lines on the landscape with a laser pointer, and photographing the scenes at extremely low speed. The resulting images refer to the human urge to rationalize and understand our surroundings, as well as nodding to mankind’s relentless subjugation of nature.
The edition, with a print run of 750, contains 100 special edition copies featuring an exclusive custom cover (where an abstract pattern of lines is silkscreened in laser green on black paper). These are presented in a corner-stapled cardboard box that also contains an Ultrachrome print of one of the artists’ works.
Project
Client
Date
Partners
- Photography
- Zuijderwijk/Vergouwe
- Writing
- Maartje van den Heuvel
- Fiona Menzies
- Printing / binding
- Lenoirschuring
- Boekbinderij van Waarden