Articulations of the Unknown

Articulations of the Unknown is an exhibition of photographs, drawings, prints and video that document the process of traveling to, and finding ways to connect with, a remote and unfamiliar environment. The exhibition presents the results of a multi-phase collaborative investigation that began with a research field trip to Arkaroola Wilderness Reserve in the northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia. The collaboration between Jessica Brooke Anderson and Ellis Hutch commenced as a series of walks exploring the site leading to the generation of site-responsive drawings and writing. Displayed as a series of images, Articulations of the Unknown invites viewers to explore darkness as both an inner and outer phenomenon. Capitalizing on the complexities of night and a shared interest in the outer limits of perception, Hutch and Anderson have applied an embodied art practice towards an investigative series of works on paper.

Ellis Hutch and Jessica Anderson had their first conversation on a snow-covered road in rural Finland. As they walked, they discovered mutual interests in mindfulness, embodied practice, and practice-based research. Since that meeting at the Arteles Creative Centre where they were both undertaking artist residencies around the theme of Silence, Awareness, Existence; Ellis and Jessica have continued their dialogue and are keen to investigate their intersecting interests through this process-based collaboration.

[Images featured on this page are Jessica’s portion of the collaborative process and include the subset projects: Concentric Meditations on Location, and Implications of Darkness]