From waste to matter, from failure to transformation — a chemical elegy to the disposable.
Failed Polaroids, once destined to be discarded, are immersed in a solution of water and bleach. Over time, their emulsions decompose, dissolving into unpredictable textures, fractures, and abstract hues. What once didn’t work is allowed to fall apart — and in doing so, reveals something new.
This project explores the transformation of photographic waste into visual substance, offering a meditation on decay, impermanence, and the silent violence of consumption. In a world saturated by disposability, [DE]COMPOSE reclaims failure as a site of creation, and decomposition as an act of quiet resistance.
Process: Polaroid decay