Valerie George & Micah Mermilliod
STARPRINTS
George & Mermilliod are artists from Mobile, AL, who work in various media. They find connection through shared conceptual interests and a love of experimental photographic processes. STARPRINTS is an exhibition of photograms and lumen prints that explore themes of transformation and transcendence, utilizing organic materials of the body and the earth.
“Momma was a sunbather, a star gazer, a satellite chaser, a Moon lover, and believed we are all made of starstuff. Bearing witness to the Space Race and Moon landing, she was fascinated by all things space. Upon her death, she donated her body to science and, ultimately, to the art in this exhibition. The photograms on display are created using her ashes and my body to reconfigure our combined forms into celestial ghosts. This body of work is dedicated to the memory of Nelda Grace Brown and her imprint on all the lives she touched.” ~ Valerie George
“These lumen print photographs serve as a reflection on the transformations that see the elements of all living things repurposed and reused in an ongoing cycle of life and death. Using flowers and other symbolic objects, these prints were made using the sun as mediary to affix the images to paper.” ~ Micah Mermilliod
“Momma was a sunbather, a star gazer, a satellite chaser, a Moon lover, and believed we are all made of starstuff. Bearing witness to the Space Race and Moon landing, she was fascinated by all things space. Upon her death, she donated her body to science and, ultimately, to the art in this exhibition. The photograms on display are created using her ashes and my body to reconfigure our combined forms into celestial ghosts. This body of work is dedicated to the memory of Nelda Grace Brown and her imprint on all the lives she touched.” ~ Valerie George
“These lumen print photographs serve as a reflection on the transformations that see the elements of all living things repurposed and reused in an ongoing cycle of life and death. Using flowers and other symbolic objects, these prints were made using the sun as mediary to affix the images to paper.” ~ Micah Mermilliod
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