Beyond Bestimmung | Ellen Dahl

Beyond Bestimmung

Airspace Projects Inc

Sydney May 2018

PhotoAccess

Canberra June - July 2018

The environment is a complex site of personal, political and cultural identification, while also existing as a place of reverie and inspiration. Many encounters with the landscape oppose clear articulation, words can only hint at the profound engagement between a person and the natural environment. These works allude to instances that provoke an uncanny sense of place, a shared history and deep connection. The title Beyond Bestimmung draws on the Kantian notion of pre-determination, where an encounter of the sublime becomes an ethical imperative.

Exhibition essay

Untitled I

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm. Cotton canvas cloth, square hollow section, concrete, wood, screw and bolt

Untitled I

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm.

Untitled II

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 80cm x 60cm, 54cm x 40cm.
Square hollow section, concrete, wood, screw and bolt

Untitled II

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm.

Untitled III+V

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm,
80cm x 60

Untitled III

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm.

Untitled V

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 80cm x 60cm.

Untitled VI

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm. Cotton canvas cloth

Untitled IV+VII+VI+The Camper

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm, 28cm x 20cm. Cotton canvas cloth

Untitled IV+VII+The Camper

Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm, 28cm x 20cm.

Square hollow section, concrete, wood, screw and bolt

Beyond Bestimmung at AirSpace Projects Sydney May 2018

PhotoAccess

PhotoAccess, Canberra June 2018
The Shortest Day Single Channel video w/sound 5.10min.
Archival pigment print on cotton rag. 54cm x 40cm, 28cm x 20cm.