Nicole Welch - Wildēornes Land

NICOLE WELCH Wildēornes Land 22 August to 16 September 2017

NICOLE WELCH Wildēornes Land 22 August to 16 September 2017

Nicole Welch’s Wildēornes Land is an ambitious, monumental cinematic exhibition combining installation, photography and moving image that investigates the Blue Mountains wilderness from a historical, cultural and ecological viewpoint.

The exhibition draws upon archival records that illuminate early European romantic notions of Australian wilderness juxtaposed with contemporary ideas and concerns that reflect the inherent loss and uncertainty we now face for our natural environment.

Welch’s artistic process involves traversing through areas of bushland, where she locates historically and environmentally significant landscapes to create compositions using large-scale projectors, generators, spotlights and researchinspired objects. Installations are enacted and recorded in situ, resulting in a truly incongruous image that records in real time both past and present ideologies. She spent several weeks at BigCi artist residency near the Wollemi National Park where she researched and created works for this exhibition.

Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #1 - Capertee Valley 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #2 - Capertee Valley 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #3 - Grose Valley 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #4 - Grose Valley 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #5 - Wollemi 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #6 - Wollemi 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land #7 - Wollemi 2017 pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted, edition of 6, 80 x 142cm

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Land Trilogy 2017 (Chantilly Wildēornes - lagoon, Chantilly Wildēornes - swamp, Chantilly Wildēornes - valley) HD digital video - 15mins each, edition of 3

Nicole Welch, Wildēornes Body 2017 time-lapse film - 10:34mins, edition of 6

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