Dove ALLOUCHE explores natural processes and the passage of time through experimental photographic techniques. Drawing on scientific subjects such as minerals, fungi, and atmospheric phenomena, he creates images using slow, meticulous methods. His work reflects a deep interest in transformation, erosion, and the hidden dimensions of matter. Combining historical and contemporary techniques, he invites viewers to engage with materiality, memory, and duration in new and unexpected ways.
In Fungi (2016–2018), Allouche unveils a rarely perceived form of life—circular, cellular, quietly persistent—grown from museum spores in darkness. These forms expand like breath, unfolding with their own rhythm and memory. Captured mid-growth, they embody matter in flux—fragile, toxic, and strangely beautiful. In Fungi, life emerges gradually into the world, not as something merely observed, but as something deeply felt.
