Aimee Tregunno

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors.”

― William Blake

My Practice

Within my practice, I explore themes of liminality and human absence. I focus on desolate spaces that are typically filled with people such as waiting rooms, trains and car parks, and the emotions that these spaces evoke when left uninhabited. The liminal nature of my work extends further than just narrative. It seeps into the materiality of my work, from the cyanotype process to light and the surface materials I use.

I’m particularly interested in the relationship between light and liminality, as well as the idea of ‘seeing through’ an image as a liminal concept; light is in between and never fixed.

The interactions between my work and the viewer are very important within my practice. By placing the viewer in the perspective of the photographer, I invite them to consider the presence behind the lens, and the feelings this may produce.

Liminality

A word for the in between. It describes states, times and spaces that exist at a point of transition. A metaphorical threshold.

Cyanotype on Perspex Acrylic

I created these prints using a delicate and precise technique that has taken me over a year to perfect. They were created using gelatine mixed with cyanotype chemicals, which were then coated onto transparent acrylic sheets before finally being exposed under a UV lamp. Developing this technique required a lot of trial and error, and I experienced a lot more failures than successes along the way.

Stop Motion Cyanotype Film

My projected film consists of over 1,000 individual cyanotype prints. These were taken from extracted frames from videos I had taken during my every day, which were then turned into black and white negatives. Once in cyanotype form, they were carefully edited together at 0.3 seconds per frame.