Lisa Oppenheim
100 Photographs that Changed the World
2007
29 x 20 centimeters
Unique
This project-in-process' source images were found in a Time/Life Book, 100 Photographs that Changed the World. "I am plugging the time, place and date of each photograph into a computer program that makes a map of the stars from any place at any time. I am printing out the star maps and drawing the stars by hand onto acetate and printing them, photographically. The sky becomes black because the paper is exposed to light but the stars are white because I have drawn in black in those places. I am making all 100 (and showing a different selection for each exhibition.
They should be installed on the wall according to the geographical location of the original pictures. For each installation, I will make a key drawing with the captions for each image, positioned in the corresponding geographical position".
