Daniela Keiser (b. 1963) is a concept and installation artist who already has very
considerable experience of working with aspects of image science photography collage and
language. This is also exemplified in her new group of works. The starting point for her
project was Keiser's long-term interest in the cyanography that was invented 1842 and soon put
into practice by Anna Atkins (1799-1871) one of the first women to make a name as a
photographer. Keiser has breathed new life into this process from the early days of
photography. In a multi-step sequence she creates cyanotypes from found photographs and
digital shots of her own. This specific photographic technique is also a trigger of sorts for
various motivic and thematic hooks in Keiser's project. She homes in on diverse phenomena:
landscapes settlements globalisation agricultural trade and colour per se. The cyanotypes
from various thematic fields are being brought together in the book. The texts it contains take
very different approaches to Daniela Keiser's art: from philosophical art-historical and
ethnographic to astro-physical architectural geo-chemical geological and poetic - creating
an exhilarating polyphonic chorus that is a fitting match for Keiser's own artistic process.
