Carbon-14

Carbon-14 consists of 14 photographs of used carbon paper that is worn out and scratched. The written marks on these papers are random since they have been collected in their discarded form (having no interventional procedures performed on them). The work’s title refers to the number of photographs composing it and to dating matter by measuring carbon-14.

CARBON-14
Photographs in acrylic boxes with light
130 x 335 cm (two-line installation)
65 x 900 cm (one-line installation)
2005

Carbon-14 in the solo exhibitions Palavra Perdida (Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo – Brazil), and Espaçamento (MAC Curitiba – Brazil), 2008.