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In a darkened studio, the artist places a large sheet of film on a metal surface; nearby, a Van de Graaff generator accumulates up to forty thousand volts of power. Eventually, the electricity surges across the sheet. When chemically developed, the film reveals the unpredictable, splintering paths taken by the electrical charge. Sugimoto determines an 8-by-10‑inch segment of the film to cut out, enlarge, and print like a conventional camera negative. Here the process and the artist’s discernment result in a composition that simulates a sublime natural scene: a moonlit landscape in which two trees stand under a sky of feathery clouds.","remarks":"MM rotation August 2019"}],"datebegin":2009,"sortnumber":"2010  123","published_date":"2026-03-31 02:45:02.974897","objectid":59518,"dimensions":"image: 58.4 x 47 cm. (23 x 18 1/2 in.)\r\nsheet: 60.3 x 48.9 cm. (23 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.)\r\nmat: 63.5 x 50.8 cm. (25 x 20 in.)","on_view":false}