‘The ETHER is usually defined as an imponderable elastic fluid, permeating all bodies and all space. But it must have weight, or mass, if it is matter. Ether cannot be a mixture of ordinary gases, for these do not penetrate all substances, and they act differently upon those they do penetrate, whereas ether is everywhere the same. Many learned men suggest or express belief in ether as the primordial matter of which atoms are formed, and in which they float just as stars and planets co-exist with un- agglomerated cosmical dust.’

By Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev on March 19, 1904. Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best remembered for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a farsighted version of the Periodic Table of Elements. He used the Periodic Law not only to correct the then-accepted properties of some known elements, such as the valence and atomic weight of uranium, but also to predict the properties of three elements that were yet to be discovered.

An Attempt at a Chemical Conception of Universal Ether  

‘Ether’ is a traditional Birthday art exhibition by Anastasia that will run from the 6th until the 19th of October.

The photographs on display are not something that has been done by myself in the past and were born very unexpectedly and on a whim – I sincerely hope you like them. I think they are still recognisably ‘me’ but a little more surreal and mysterious than usual:)

Pop in for a glass of fizz and my Birthday party on Saturday, October 9th between 5 and 9 PM.

Looking forward to seeing you!

You can view some of my other work here:

www.anastasiaphotography.art