Can a Ghost Die? 2024. Oxidized Fr-4 Boards, various sizes.
I manipulated and imprinted the imagery by layering vinyl and other materials onto copper fr-4 boards and then oxidizing them multiple times, creating “printed” layers. The process is a sort of corrosive analog of the process of printing a circuit board.
Fr-4 boards are fiberglass boards inlaid with flame resistant epoxy, and laminated with a copper sheet on one or both sides. They are manufactured as a substrate for printed circuit boards and are very widely used for the application: I use fr-4 as the base material in almost every “traditional” pcb I’ve made. These works are an intervention on the e waste stream, plucked out of the middle of manufacturing and created through processes of oxidation and decay.