Urban Entanglements | Exhibition from artist Jess Holdengarde

Fri Jul 29 2022 at 07:00 pm to Sun Jul 31 2022 at 03:00 pm

Ilali Collective Art Studio | Berlin

Urban Entanglements | Exhibition from artist Jess Holdengarde
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An exhibition of new works developed by artist Jess Holdengarde during her residency and research project Ecologies of Perception
About this Event

Soft Opening:

Fri 29th July, 7-11pm

Open :

Sat 30th July, 11am-4pm

Sun 31st July, 11am-3pm


Urban Entanglements is an exhibition of new works developed by Glasgow-based artist Jess Holdengarde during her residency and research project Ecologies of Perception, hosted by Ilali Collective. The works build on Jess’s ongoing research into the role of lens-based practices in an ecological crisis. Also on show is a collaborative work co-created during one of the public workshops held during Ecologies of Perception.

As described by Maria Sledmere in her essay, Estranging Natures, photography is “an agential force - a technology of time, space and light - within our ecologies of perception”. Lens-based practices can embrace methods of noticing that shed light on the dark and murky age of the Anthropocene.

The works on show are the product of Jess’s exploration of plant-based and camera-less photography. The works and processes utilised are a recording of her position within Berlin’s multilayered urban landscape. Where previous works have focussed on engaging with wild ecologies on the outskirts of the built environment, this is the first time that Jess has shifted her lens to the ecologies within the city. In addition to documenting plants, weeds and organic matter living within and through the structures of urban spaces, the works experiment with plant-based alternative photographic processes. The exhibition includes experiments with anthotypes, phytograms and lumen printing These alternative processes use plants as both a resource and a point of inspiration. Jess often uses plant based chemistry made from the foraged matter itself to develop the photographic image in an attempt to create a more sustainable practice. This is the first time that Jess has used organic and urban matter as objects exposed directly onto photosensitive material.


“‘It’s been really interesting thinking about the limits of what you can work with within an urban environment when it comes to botanical matter whilst also recognising how we can engage with the ‘wildness’ of a city. Working within the constraints of the built environment allows you to consider the future of urban landscapes. As the city itself has a dystopic feel we can consider our impact on the world we co-exist within. We have to alter our everyday lives in order to consider this but also our process/practice as an artist in an era of ecological ruin.”


Ecologies of Perception is supported by Ilali studio and Creative Scotland.

Jess Holdengarde (b.1991) is a South African artist based in Glasgow, Scotland who works predominantly in photography, film and auto fictional narrative. Concerned with our entangled relationship to the natural environment and themes of precarity and impermanence, Jess’s current practice considers the role of the artist in environmental ruin. Through plant-based chemistry and alternative methods of lens-based production she explores the natural environment as subject and resource, applying lenses of queer ecology and autoethnography. Jess holds an MFA from the Glasgow School of Art and is a founding member of Fix Photography Collective. This is her first residency in Berlin.

www.jessholdengarde.com

@jess_holdengarde


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Ilali Collective Art Studio, Okerstraße 40, Berlin, Germany

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