My Moving Image is non-narrative, poetic and abstract. My subjects are generated by scientific and optical ideas, by way of a philosophical translation into form. So the meaning of my works can be traced back to universal truths concerning light and shade, or the pull of magnetism and how that is akin to psychological tendencies. I never came across a scientific theory or astronomical fact that I couldn’t relate directly to my own thinking, or the human experience. It is as if the Universe is a model of the internal experience, subject to laws, some of which we can comprehend. My work is a quest to translate such nebulous ideas into form.
My practice is also informed by years of photographic experimentation. I have a highly developed aesthetic style, and create images without computer manipulation, tricking the camera into revealing layers of reality. I have an inventive, low-tech approach to work, striving for simple ways to show layers of complexity and paradox. In many ways I see my videos as multi-faceted photographs, or photographs which exist in time rather than on paper.
Biography: Education
MA Fine Art, Open College of the Arts 2011-2014
BA Fine Art, First-class, Middlesex University, 2001-2006
Fine Art, Academy of Fine Arts Prague, 2003
Selected Exhibitions / Screenings
Transition, Personification, University of the Creative Arts Gallery,2012
Multitude, The Art Shed, The Art Street, London, 2012
Seep, The Body Sublime, Parlour Arts, London, 2012
Vessels, Solo Exhibition, Gallery of Wonder, Newcastle University, 2012
Contraption, Lightworks, Grimsby Minster, 2011
Seep, Modern Panic, Guerrilla Zoo, London, 2011
Personification, Rarities, Hastings 2011
theLongLine, Big Draw event, London 2011
theProgressiveImage, Original Gallery, London, 2011
Absolute Magnitude, touring, UK, 2011
theViewergallery, online, onsite, popup art gallery, 2011
Seep, Whitechapel Gallery, London 2010
Screenings, theViewergallery, online, 2010
Ever, Underground City, Divus, London, 2009
I wonder if, Gaze and Body, Rotoreliefs, London, 2009
The Archive Project, London, 2008
Mirror, Signal, The Bigger Picture, Manchester, 2007
Viewer, Solo Exhibition, Hornsey Town Hall, London, 2007
Warp, the.gallery@oxo, London 2007
Objectify, Small is Beautiful, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, London, 2007
Chairism, The Opposite of Winter, Candid Arts Trust, London, 2007
Contraption, Free Range, Truman Brewery, London, 2006
Meniscus, Into the Crypt, Rio Cinema, London,1998
Country: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
E-mail: eleanormacfarlane@hotmail.com
Site: www.eleanormacfarlane.com