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Celestial Trace

(2018 - ongoing)

 

Artist Statement: Celestial Trace is a photographic exploration that documents perceptions of solar and lunar phenomena. I intimately record layered timescales from the daily passings of celestial matter onto photosensitive paper and film. The three photographic processes I use are: solargraphy, cyanonegative and lunargraphy. The photographs show a sense of curiosity and uniqueness by encapsulating timescales that span across hours, days, weeks and months, into a single still image. My images are subject to chance and process, including weather forecasts and shifting temperatures. Within these small and large scaled images, I capture an impression of deep time, movement and invisibility. Therefore, the works communicate the comparison of finite human life to the great expanse of time (i.e., the cosmos).

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Click to read the brief description on the three photographic processes.

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Selected works listed below.
Download PDFs for complete process archive: solargraphy, lunargraphy and cyanonegative.

Solargraphy 

Mikayla_De Pasquale_LITTLE RIVER, HOME. 24 April 2022 - 24 April 2023 365 days, 6 hours, 3

LITTLE RIVER, HOME.
24 April 2022 - 24 April 2023: 365 days, 6 hours, 35 minutes  2023


pigment ink-jet print
100 x 130 cm

Lunargraphy 

LITTLE RIVER, FRONT YARD AND FREEWAY 11 August: 1 hour, 45 minutes  2022

LITTLE RIVER, FRONT YARD AND FREEWAY
11 August: 1 hour, 45 minutes  2022

 

pigment ink-jet print
10 x 6.59 cm

Cyanonegative 

Mikayla De Pasquale Cyanonegative LITTLE RIVER, BACKYARD no.13. 14 May 3 hours, 2 minutes
Mikayla De Pasquale Cyanonegative LITTLE RIVER, BACKYARD no.14. 14 May 3 hours, 32 minutes
Mikayla De Pasquale Cyanonegative_LITTLE RIVER, FRONTYARD. 15 May 3 hours  2023

LITTLE RIVER, BACKYARD no.13.
14 May: 3 hours, 2 minutes  2023

 

cyanotype
10 x 10 cm

LITTLE RIVER, BACKYARD no.14.
14 May: 3 hours, 32 minutes  2023

 

cyanotype
10 x 10 cm

LITTLE RIVER, FRONTYARD.
15 May: 3 hours  2023

 

cyanotype
10 x 10 cm

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