Lars Duchateau is a Belgium-based photographer who focuses on commissioned as well as autonomous work. Now and again, you can discover his oeuvre at exhibitions and in publications. His autonomous work consists of Looming vale, Limburg, Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, Filmsets, Encyclopedia. Feel free to get in touch via mail or Instagram.
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This series is the result of image-making of a controlled destruction site of a factory in Hasselt which produced and distributed gelatin. I took the initiative to document this period as precisely as possible with an analog medium format camera and flash to highlight every detail. Two years after the tear down another event took place, a building neighboring the demolished factory had been set on fire by two minors. At first sight, the two occurrences have nothing in common and are just a mere result of luck, but they might be linked in a way that is yet to be proven. With an archeological function and aesthetic, the camera documents this (non)event, but the medium can’t quite link the two as a true narrative, multiple readings are possible and the fictitious sleeps in. This work reflects on the camera, its shortcomings, as well as the significance of images in archeology.
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Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (1/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (2/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (3/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (4/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (5/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (6/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (7/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (8/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (9/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (10/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (11/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (12/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (13/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (14/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (15/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (16/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (17/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (18/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (19/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (20/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (21/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (22/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (23/24)
Brittle When Dry, Gummy When Moist, captured in Hasselt, 2020 (24/24)

This series is the result of image-making of a controlled destruction site of a factory in Hasselt which produced and distributed gelatin. I took the initiative to document this period as precisely as possible with an analog medium format camera and flash to highlight every detail. Two years after the tear down another event took place, a building neighboring the demolished factory had been set on fire by two minors. At first sight, the two occurrences have nothing in common and are just a mere result of luck, but they might be linked in a way that is yet to be proven. With an archeological function and aesthetic, the camera documents this (non)event, but the medium can’t quite link the two as a true narrative, multiple readings are possible and the fictitious sleeps in. This work reflects on the camera, its shortcomings, as well as the significance of images in archeology.