Infra
2011
A project that began in 2011, Infra is an exploration of Earth's material properties, the nature of time, and the act of preservation
Concept
Across millennia, stone has acted as a silent archivist, its layers recording shifts in climate, environment, and geological time. Sedimentary formations, shaped by compression and erosion, offer brief windows into epochs that reach far beyond human memory. Along the world's coastal edges, the slow movement of erosion displaces fragments of mineral and matter. These remnants, fragile and enduring, carry traces of both their origins and their ongoing transformation.
Infra gathers and preserves these geological artefacts, holding them as visual timekeepers before they break down further. In doing so, it gestures toward the invisible systems that shape landscapes over time, and the quiet material archives that hold their histories.
Invisible systems
Infrared imaging has long been a tool for revealing hidden systems, mapping variations that remain invisible to the human eye. Meteorologists use it to observe subtle temperature changes in the atmosphere, drawing out patterns that would otherwise go unnoticed.
In astronomy, infrared extends our view beyond the visible. In 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope, designed to read faint traces of heat across space. Through the infrared spectrum, it offers new ways of understanding the structure and history of the universe.
Infrared technology, like the slow work of geology, makes visible the forces that continue quietly in the background, shaping what we see without announcing themselves.
Material archive
In Infra, each image is composed with careful attention, using the visual language of infrared imaging to uncover the internal structures of stone. The monochrome treatment brings forward subtle shifts in texture, fissure, and tone, inviting close observation.
Photography here works both as documentation and as preservation, capturing not only surfaces but the slow imprints of time. Through this process, Infra builds a material archive—one that holds fragile structures in a moment of stillness, before they are lost.
