PHIL LAMBERT
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  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Soil Photography
    • Dirt and the Domestic
    • Emergence
    • Charcoal / Nocturne series 2019
    • Rewilding Turf studies 2019
    • Blackboard Series
  • Workshops
    • WCSS22
    • ARTICULTURE and Art CENA
    • Soil Security Programme Conference 2019
    • Heolddu, Prince's trust and ESCRI project 2014
  • Commissions
    • Tyler Mural
    • Claudia Bunk Bed Mural
    • Soil Security Programme Conference 2019
    • Ysgol Pencae Welsh Children’s Characters mural 2018
    • Ysgol Pencae Mural 2018
  • Consultancy
  • Perception pieces
  • Evolution and Chance
  • Archive
    • Whitehead Bricks
    • Physiognomy Projects
    • The Luscher Series
    • Unnatural Selection Projects
    • Dotty Illusion Motif
    • Anblickspiel
    • Bill Taylors Brain
    • Every Witch Way
    • Studio work 2013-2014
    • Observational Works 2005 -
    • Miscellaneous
  • Contact
  • Links
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Soil Photography

I use absorbent papers and Silver Nitrate solutions to create Soil Photograms from soil solutions. This process is adapted from the Pfeiffer CC test. A former soil health assaying technique that has a debated scientific value, although it is still in use in some parts of the world. The mixtures of soil and silver nitrate are exposed to sunlight to develop the patterns

My arts practice has always been influenced by scientific methodologies and processes. I particularly like the Pfeiffer CC test as Pfeiffer was a scientist who was influenced by Rudolf Steiner. Steiner was a Spiritualist and a proponent of Goethean science.  So perhaps, there is no surprise that this is qualitative method that captures the ‘spirit’ of a healthy soil. Although I take Spiritualism with a pinch of salt, Goethean scientific method has significant value in its variation on standard scientific method. In short it calls for a resistance to making hypotheses and a prolonged observational period. This has obvious implications for observational and phenomenological practices from the Social Sciences through to fine art and beyond.

Lastly, this is also a way of unlocking the metaphorical content of soil and allowing us to see it as the amazing world building substance and community that underpins life on Earth.

 
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