Jordan Martins - The sounds of color and the light of a sigh

$100.00

The sounds of color and the light of a sigh, 2025

AIR 2022

Inkjet print on paper
8 × 10 Inches

This image was shot when I was artist in residence in the fall of 2025 at the College of Dupage. My research into the college archives and conversations with various folks on campus led me toward a broad view of the landscape that the college is situated in, including an extensive prairie and wetland preserve, which is often juxtaposed with some very splashy, non-native landscaping that a previous president of the college had installed around fifteen years ago. I shot several photographs in these different “nature” areas with different color gels over my flash to see how the color projection interacts with or is absorbed by the plant species in the frame (also relative to their distance from the flash).

This print is available only from September 17th - December 7th, 2026. After this date, this image will not be made available in this format again.

The sounds of color and the light of a sigh, 2025

AIR 2022

Inkjet print on paper
8 × 10 Inches

This image was shot when I was artist in residence in the fall of 2025 at the College of Dupage. My research into the college archives and conversations with various folks on campus led me toward a broad view of the landscape that the college is situated in, including an extensive prairie and wetland preserve, which is often juxtaposed with some very splashy, non-native landscaping that a previous president of the college had installed around fifteen years ago. I shot several photographs in these different “nature” areas with different color gels over my flash to see how the color projection interacts with or is absorbed by the plant species in the frame (also relative to their distance from the flash).

This print is available only from September 17th - December 7th, 2026. After this date, this image will not be made available in this format again.

Jordan Martins

I use collage, painting, and photographic processes to create imagery that evokes multiplicity, hallucination, and camouflage. Every image seeks to imply the presence of something coalescing while it is simultaneously collapsing. I’m interested in how the basic mechanics of visual perception operate in our day to day lives as a highly structured hallucination, and my work tries to highlight this fact.

Thoughts on the lab

I learned so much about some niche aspects of printing that was invaluable for various aspects of my work. It was also illuminating to be able to experiment with different substrates to understand how certain images of mine can come to life in specific ways related to the material presence of the paper. I make it back to Latitude whenever I can! It's always an incredibly welcoming, supportive and fun environment to be in while I'm printing out new work.