Blood runs cold ( in progress)
2024

digital ink prints with drawings on various paper types, sizes & weights
Materials: graphite/ ink pen/ paper/ canvas/ human blood

In a series (aprox. 10 large scale prints and 10 medium scale prints with hand drawn images) of large and medium scale digital prints, the artist works with the material of their blood. Through the lens of a microscope, Rosenfeld photographed samples of their own blood, digitizing and transposing these images to large scale prints. In some works, the images are layered over hand drawn irregular holes, a technique the artist employs to signal a dedication to their body as an ongoing collaborative material across all mediums. Bodies are presented as implicated and sharing responsibility in the shifting of time and space. The title “Blood Runs Cold,” refers to the specific geo-political period in which Rosenfeld has created these works, drawing on the privilege they have to examine their own blood with autonomy, turning it into a self-directed material. While this blood, when tested, would read as chronically ill and transsexual, amongst other medicalised diagnoses, zoomed in, one could begin to dream of world making, time travel, and planetary states beyond a human body defined by systemically defined pathologies and representational identities.