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Dianne Bos
About
Dianne Bos lives in Alberta and has been exhibiting her photo-based work for over 40 years. She has evolved various thematic bodies of work, and merged technical innovations to create new visual hybrids: her innovative uses of pinhole, film, camera obscura, photogram, installation, cyanotype, and chlorophyll printing all explore the world around us.
An herbarium is a collection of dried plant specimens used for scientific study. Bos turns her own herbarium into a photo album by using sunlight to create images on plants. The resulting chlorophyll prints are made using the chemistry that is naturally at work in a living plant. Les Plantes Feuille Page 1 is part of Bos’ Photo(synthesis) album.
In this new body of work, Bos uses analog photographic processes to explore contrasts and echoes between the designed worlds of botanical gardens, biodiversity gardens, and the natural environment. The use of low-tech photographic technologies prevents this from becoming a strictly documentary project, since these techniques heighten the dreamlike, magical, or even chimerical quality of the work, sometimes seeming to make the invisible visible.
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Dianne Bos vit en Alberta et expose ses œuvres photographiques depuis plus de 40 ans. Elle a développé divers ensembles de travaux thématiques et a fusionné des innovations techniques afin de créer de nouveaux visuels hybrides. Son utilisation innovante du sténopé, de la vidéographie, de la chambre noire, du photogramme, de l’installation, du cyanotype et de l’impression à la chlorophylle lui permet d’explorer le monde qui nous entoure.
Un herbier est une collection de spécimens de plantes séchés utilisés pour la recherche scientifique. Avec cette œuvre, Bos transforme son propre herbier en album photo, grâce à son utilisation de la lumière du soleil, créant ainsi des images sur les plantes. Les impressions à la chlorophylle qui en résultent sont ainsi réalisées à l’aide de la chimie qui est naturellement à l’œuvre chez une plante vivante.
This artwork location has been generously provided by La Roma.
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WHAT IS THE SPAO PHOTO WALK?
The SPAO PHOTO WALK is an ongoing and evolving outdoor installation featuring large-scale photographic artworks. Designed as a photographic treasure hunt of sorts, visitors and tourists alike are encouraged to explore and engage with our vibrant Little Italy neighbourhood.
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The artworks selected for the SPAO PHOTO WALK launch installation were selected from a nationwide open call and by an assessor jury made up of nationally recognized industry leaders.
