June–August. Phytography workshops on 10 July at 14.00—16.30 and 20.7.–22.7.2025 at 13.00 and 15.00. In these workshops, fresh, wild summer plants will be collected from the garden of the Art House RaumArs and used to create plant-based developments. They will be combined with two household chemicals, and the process will result in images on black and white film - without a camera. Participants will be able to try out ecological phytography techniques in practice and explore the photographic potential of plants.

Jolene Mok is a Hong Konger visual artist working at the interface of experimental filmmaking and botany. Since 2024, she has been developing 135mm photographic films using plant-based methods, utilising raw materials collected from nature. Mok is particularly interested in how wild plants, fungi and ecological foraging can be used as a starting point for making images.

At the core of her artistic research is plant ecology and the question of how art and nature can interact with each other. Jolene Mok looks for spaces and environments where she can explore these questions in more depth - places where nature is present and where artist residencies support long-term experimental work.

From spring 2024 onwards Mok has been making and testing low-toxicity film frames in successive artist residencies in Sweden, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, the US, Andorra and Hong Kong. In Rauma she is spending the summer of 2025 in a three-month residency, focusing on the collection of local plants in forests, squares and urban landscapes.

Her project is a scientifically based, process-oriented art project in which seasonal wild plants serve as key ingredients for plant-based developments in black and white film processing. The work will culminate in an art photography book to be published in 2026, which will also become a documentary on ecological image making.

Workshops in August using non-toxic, plant-based materials: For groups interested in the project, Jolene Mok will hold workshops in August to develop black and white films using everyday beverages such as coffee, tea or beer. Participants must have an analogue film camera to shoot on black and white film. For more information, please contact raumars(at)raumars.org or lenelenejo(at)gmail.com