This bachelor essay describes Anna Zimmerman’s artistic process between her solo exhibition Dualities and her degree work Perfect Substance. Both works are based on an interdisciplinary balance of natural science, mysticism and poetry. Mainly these works deal with physical and existential issues so large they are almost impossible to solve. Aware of this problem Zimmerman collects existing facts and adds creative writing in an attempt to reach knowledge. Therefor, some passages in this essay can be seen as an actual sample of her artistic work since the essay-format is similar to her finished artworks.

The four chapters regards, in chronological order, light, imprints and photography; poetry as a thinking method; researching; time, geology, deep time, alchemy and philosophy. These subjects are supported by subjective experiences and lectures besides works and thoughts by, most prominent, Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, Cyprien Gaillard and Susann Kriemann.