In the Soup
Ruby Falls soaks her analog film in household chemicals before she photographs, yielding otherworldly, dream-like images of an altered reality.
ON VIEW on September 10th, 2020
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Local food feature:
DOS GATOS
COFFEE BAR
Johnson City, TN
Pictured above: the beautiful latte art available at Dos Gatos Coffee Bar in Johnson City, TN. Right: toast options and snacks, along with iced beverages in many varieties.
Our staff is a tight knit team of awesome people dedicated to the art of coffee. Although coffee is our priority at Dos Gatos, it’s not all we offer. Our menu offerings reflect the taste buds of people on staff and the value of supporting local, sustainable, quality ingredients. Our most popular toast toppings are the Avocado Hummus, Pimento Cheese, and Chickpea Salad. We like to take familiar foods and give them a twist.
We care a lot about the quality and character of our drinks. We don’t use syrups or flavors to mask our coffee, but in order to create harmonious or unexpected combinations.
Dos Gatos Coffee Bar has a little something for everyone, and also carries popular local baked goods by J. Bake and Lazy Lady Bakes.
In the Soup
photographs by Ruby Berry
exhibition view & details
Euphony
Nightshade
Midsummer
Bleeding Heart Show
Mother
Artemesia
Mitosis
Aura
ARTIST BIO & STATEMENT
Ruby Falls is a self-taught film photographer based in the US. Her work in film photography began seven years ago when she tried (unsuccessfully) to load film into a Pentax K1000 she found in the attic. A year later, she built a home darkroom and was developing her own film and making silver gelatin prints. About her alternative process “souped” film images—
For the past few years, I have been working on making images that test the limits of the emulsion. I begin by boiling the film, then letting it soak in various substances for anywhere from a few seconds to a few months. After the film has soaked, I dump the soup and let it cure for a few days. Then I carefully wash and dry the film in the darkroom and re-spool it. After that, the film sits for at least two weeks to ensure that it is completely dry. Then it is ready to be exposed.
In addition to shooting film, Ruby works to promote film photography as an Executive Editor and Curator for the Film Shooters Collective and as an editor and contributor to She Shoots Film, a group dedicated to promoting the film photography of women. She currently lives in the mountains of Appalachia with her three fierce children and Taco Bananas the Dog.