Out of Nowhere — Second Version (2026)
Out of Nowhere is a project developed from the close study of a single deteriorated glass negative plate from the early twentieth century. Over time, humidity, chemical reactions, and environmental damage altered the photographic emulsion, producing unexpected formations that resemble aerial landscapes, rivers, oceans, and geological terrains.
By isolating and reconstructing these deteriorated areas through high-resolution scanning and digital processing, Sergis Hadjiadamos transforms the accidental decay of the photographic surface into contemporary visual landscapes. What once documented human presence gradually dissolves, allowing new environments to emerge from the damaged material.
This installation presents a second version of the project, developed in 2026 and submitted for the WIP Arts and Technology Festival open call. The new arrangement centers the original archival image while the surrounding works expand into landscape-like forms that appear to grow from its chemical deterioration.
Through this reconfiguration, Out of Nowhere explores how archival memory, environmental processes, and digital mediation interact, revealing how new visual worlds can emerge from the fragile remains of historical photographic material.
Out of Nowhere
2024 | Installation | 232x92cm | Printed on Fine Art Paper 310gsm | Framed in UV Glass
Out of Nowhere is a bold evolution in the ongoing Metamorphosis project by Sergis Hadjiadamos. This large-scale installation consists of 11 distinct yet interwoven visual compositions—each extracted from a single deteriorated black-and-white glass negative plate. Rather than focusing on the figures that once dominated the plate, Hadjiadamos turns his gaze to the damaged, decaying surfaces, revealing abstract organic forms that resemble aerial views of rivers, burned forests, oceanic depths, and distant mountain ranges.
In this body of work, the accidental becomes intentional. Decay becomes discovery.
Unlike earlier works in the Strangers Forever collection, which emphasized the random fusion of forgotten individuals from these historical archives, Out of Nowhere embraces pure abstraction and re-imagination. This is the first time Adamos has incorporated an external image into one of his compositions—a symbolic and technical breakthrough marking a new era of artistic freedom.
Mentored by Israeli printmaker and professor Maurice Kahn between 2022–2023, Adamos was encouraged to move beyond documentation and embrace reconstruction. The result is a series that balances historical materiality with contemporary vision. It invites viewers to navigate time, memory, and ruin—charting imaginative topographies born from loss.
Installation. Out of Nowhere. 2024
232x92cm
Printed on Fine Art paper 310gsm
Framed in UV Glass
Out of Nowhere
Limited Edition Installation
Size: 232x92cm
Medium: Fine Art Print on 310gsm Paper | Framed in UV Glass
Edition: 1/1
From a single decaying glass negative, artist Sergis Hadjiadamos has uncovered a universe. Out of Nowhere is a rare large-format installation consisting of 11 reimagined visuals—abstract aerial landscapes that feel like views from dreams or distant memories.
Created during a pivotal moment in the artist’s journey, this piece breaks away from previous works and introduces, for the first time, an external element into the archival imagery—signaling a new level of creative freedom. Fragmented rivers, swamps, and mountain forms emerge from the glass plate’s deterioration, now transformed into painterly visions of a forgotten world.
The artwork is available for acquisition and comes framed in museum-grade UV glass.
The Original glass negative plate that generated the collection.
Out of Nowhere
