JOSEPH SANTARPIA

The BOUND series & UTILITY | RELEASE series present cyanotypes made using utilitarian hardware and medical products. The cyanotype uses UV light (the sun) to record the utilitarian objects in their purely potential form. This image-making prioritizes the form and it’s other potentials. As near self-portraits too, these images capture the objects used to aid in medical interventions. Severe medical interventions themselves create tension on the body’s ability to perform labor. In a strained relation to labor/production, other human and bodily potentialities reveal themselves.