Celestography
BackLucas Leffler explores the mineral and chemical qualities of silver in his reconstructions of August Strindberg's celestographies (1893-1894) and Lilly Kolisko's silver nitrate experiments. Like Strindberg, Leffler examines alchemy and anthroposophy, questioning inherited processes and materials, as well as the place of humans and their rituals in history. Strindberg demonstrated that our perception of the world is an illusion, limited by our eye, by exposing photographic plates directly to the starry sky to capture their hidden nature. In this series, Leffler opts for exposure to moonlight.