2014 - Ongoing
Stockholm, Sweden; Berlin, Germany; Malmö, Skåne, Sweden; Guernsey
"Enlightened Bloom (Stalk)" (2016)
Attempting to create a photograph using light older than the medium itself by capturing starlight that has been traveling for 350 light years in an apple of the same rare species, The Beauty of Kent, that is said to have set Isaac Newton on the path to the law of universal gravitation.
"Enlightened Bloom" (2016)
Attempting to create a photograph using light older than the medium itself by capturing starlight that has been traveling for 350 light years in an apple of the same rare species, The Beauty of Kent, that is said to have set Isaac Newton on the path to the law of universal gravitation.
"Luminous Bud (Stalk)" (2016)
Attempting to create a photograph using light older than the medium itself by capturing starlight that has been traveling for 350 light years in an apple of the same rare species, The Beauty of Kent, that is said to have set Isaac Newton on the path to the law of universal gravitation.
"Luminous Bud" (2016)
Attempting to create a photograph using light older than the medium itself by capturing starlight that has been traveling for 350 light years in an apple of the same rare species, The Beauty of Kent, that is said to have set Isaac Newton on the path to the law of universal gravitation.
Structure for Moon Plates and Moon Shards (2014-2015).
Disused greenhouse glass coated in silver gelatin emulsion and exposed to the light of the moon at its height of luminosity. Wooden structure in varnished oak. 200x200x70 cm.
”The lunar cycle and the light of the moon influences Johan Österholm’s work. In the reflected light of our celestial neighbor’s disc Österholm sees an essence much different from the direct light of the sun. A negative light - the light of the night - full of alchemical potential. In evermore intricate ways Österholm attempts to harvest this energy. He uses nocturnal illumination, free of artificial light, to activate obsolete objects by exposing them to the glow of the full moon. This system was first used by Österholm to bring new life to glass negatives and positives that were created by his great-grandfather in the early 1900s, which depict the night sky. Next, he collected shards of glass from abandoned greenhouses, coated them in silver gelatin, and transformed them from collectors of sunlight into moon gatherers. In the work Structure for Moon Plates and Moon Shards the shards have been replaced by disused glass plates. The plates were left outside each clear night when the moon was at the height of its luminosity, materialising its elusive light in the process.”
"Some Moon Walks (Winding Path)" (2017).
Moonlit photograph. The British Channel Island of Sark was named the first Dark Sky Island by the International Dark Sky Association in 2011. The isle has neither public lighting or traffic and the surrounding ocean devours any light spillage from the nearest islands Guernsey and Jersey, making Sark’s night sky one of the least polluted in Western Europe. 103x70 cm framed.
"Some Moon Walks (Wild Garlic)" (2017).
Moonlit photograph. The British Channel Island of Sark was named the first Dark Sky Island by the International Dark Sky Association in 2011. The isle has neither public lighting or traffic and the surrounding ocean devours any light spillage from the nearest islands Guernsey and Jersey, making Sark’s night sky one of the least polluted in Western Europe. 103x70 cm framed.
Some Moon Walks (Dixcart Forest)" (2017).
Moonlit photograph. The British Channel Island of Sark was named the first Dark Sky Island by the International Dark Sky Association in 2011. The isle has neither public lighting or traffic and the surrounding ocean devours any light spillage from the nearest islands Guernsey and Jersey, making Sark’s night sky one of the least polluted in Western Europe. 103x70 cm framed.
"Silver Transmutation" (2015-2016)
Scale model of a space telescope that has had it's light gathering function reversed, instead bathing the exhibition space in moonlight.
Materials: Disused greenhouse glass coated with silver gelatin emulsion and exposed to the light of the full moon, metal, 635W lamp, windows covered with ND-filter. 320x196x360 cm