THE APP WHISPERER | OLIVER BLOHM'S MIRCROWAVED PICTURES
OLIVER BLOHM'S MIRCROWAVED PICTURES
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Today we are publishing the twelfth of a series of ‘Impossible’ articles, this time with Oliver Blohm, born and raised in a little village near the Baltic Sea in Germany, Blohm started studying Communication Design and photography. Now settled in Berlin, he keeps exploring alternative and experimental photography.
One of his experimentations involves the use of a… microwave. You might think that Instant Photography and microwaves have nothing in common, and we must admit that these kind of experimentations are not the safest – but they do provide amazing and unique results!
Oliver’s experiment started with an effort to speed up the processing time of Impossible pictures. Finally, he decided to put an Impossible picture between a piece of glass and a wet carton firmly hold together in a microwave for a few seconds. Blohm managed to get the development time back down to two or so minutes. Yet, this experiment came with a side-effect.
The use of a microwave led to unique faults in the Impossible picture, such as textures, shapes, and burns. Oliver kept on experimenting and refining the process until he found the perfect time and power. He created a series of one-of-a-kind images that are burned, torn and partially destroyed: Hatzfrass Fastfood.
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