November, 2016
Curated by Sophia Cai
Maps,
borders, and lines of latitude and longitude are human constructions created to
give us a sense of understanding, ownership and control over the landscape. However,
when we enter the landscape these lines of demarcation and navigation lose
their meaning.
Double light by artist Emma Hamilton seeks
to materialise the notion of visual navigation based on lived experience in the
landscape. In visual navigation we find our way through the relative position
of landmarks, relying on the overlap of mountains, islands and houses in our
lines of sight to locate our position.
For her
solo exhibition at the Dolls House, Hamilton has created a double exposure
photograph in the island landscape of Fleinvær Norway, the location where she
was first introduced to the idea of navigating through sight lines. Here we are
at once located and dislocated: placed into an unfamiliar landscape with two
horizon lines to guide us.
This
work continues Hamilton’s ongoing investigations into photography’s ability to make
space, crossing the boundaries between object and image. She is interested in working
at the intersection of sculpture and photography, by bringing photography into
sculptural space as well as placing sculptural objects into the space of the
photograph. Her work probes the disparities between the observed and the
recorded: the camera’s view comparative to our experiential, visual
observations.
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| Emma Hamilton, Paths for Navigation, 2016. |
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| Emma Hamilton, Paths for Navigation, 2016. |
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| Emma Hamilton, Paths for Navigation, 2016. |