ELLA WEST
Becoming Geologic (Third Form)
Sculpture
VENUE
9. Coker Court, East Coker
Fri 26 – Sun 28 May, 10am – 5:30pm
A sculptural installation of fictive paper objects, designed to mimic rock forms. The rocks are connected to a low-fi geological ‘life support machine’, evocative of mid-twentieth-century ideas of the future, transforming them into slowly breathing masses. Ella’s work explores the fragility and temporality that exists even with seemingly solid and static natural forms with a wry humour and a nod to the fallibility of human attempts to interfere with imperfect technology.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ella West’s multidisciplinary practice engages with the relationship between human and geological timelines, using this as an artistic framework to address themes of ecology, family, collaboration and home. She creates installations that combine varying elements of sculpture, video and printmaking.