untitled | experiments with xerox and ink

untitled_ cari krol_ 09_16 purpose_ exploring xerox; a study of liquid + contrast + texture media_ xerox scanner(s)*, water, india ink, white copy paper process_ turn on scanner one. set scanner one to grayscale.

open scanner one. drip india ink onto scanner bed. spray india ink with water. hit scan. place white office paper onto scanner one. save. flip over paper. place onto scanner one. hit scan. remove paper. hang dry. open scanner two. place dry paper on scanner bed of scanner two. set to grayscale. start scanner two. flip over paper. place on scanner bed. hit scan. repeat process until scanner one slowly fills with india ink, begins to leak from bottom and then dies.

product_a documentation of the death of a scanner and the resulting post process prints and scans resulting in an exploration of range of contrast, grayscale, texture and detail captured by xerox. *[scanner one was killed in the process]