Kit Rees
Photography
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PLEASE DON’T FORGET
PLEASE DON’T FORGET is a personal artefact situated at the intersection of late capitalist spectacle, ecological control, and private ritual. The work brings together three elements: labour-intensive, tea-toned cyanotype photographs of weeds, laminated digital prints of bloated bin bags, and a conversation with AI printed on acetate.
The project is situated in three environments: the ideological space of late capitalism, the saturated streets of central London, and the quiet intimacy of the domestic archive where the book resides. It responds to systems that seek to manage or contain nature, whether through urban infrastructure or technological erasure.
The work explores the dualities of modern life and suggests that sustained attention can itself be a form of resistance.
The project is situated in three environments: the ideological space of late capitalism, the saturated streets of central London, and the quiet intimacy of the domestic archive where the book resides. It responds to systems that seek to manage or contain nature, whether through urban infrastructure or technological erasure.
The work explores the dualities of modern life and suggests that sustained attention can itself be a form of resistance.
This photobook brings together two materially and conceptually distinct methods of image-making: one slow, embodied, and materially unstable; the other automated, sealed, and visually commanding.
The cyanotypes are materially vulnerable. Printed by hand, they carry stains and fingerprints as evidence of touch and time, and no two are identical. This fragility is not a flaw but a deliberate exploration of vulnerability and originality.
The bin bag images are materially persistent. Printed through an automated process, they are easy to replicate, printed on eco-conscious paper, and sealed in plastic. This lamination ensures their preservation and grants longevity. The use of eco-paper becomes a hollow gesture that mimics sustainability while enacting the very permanence it claims to resist.
The cyanotypes are materially vulnerable. Printed by hand, they carry stains and fingerprints as evidence of touch and time, and no two are identical. This fragility is not a flaw but a deliberate exploration of vulnerability and originality.
The bin bag images are materially persistent. Printed through an automated process, they are easy to replicate, printed on eco-conscious paper, and sealed in plastic. This lamination ensures their preservation and grants longevity. The use of eco-paper becomes a hollow gesture that mimics sustainability while enacting the very permanence it claims to resist.
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