The Hut (I)

2016/17. Editions of 3 +AP. Media: Pigment prints.

CJ Taylor Boobook photographic artwork of woman and owl

CJ Taylor Leaf Litter - photographic artwork of 18th century diary in the Australian bush

CJ Taylor float - photographic artwork of male figure

The Hut is an ultra HD cinematic work in 2.5D video projection in 21:9 aspect ratio and suite of photographic works face mounted to acrylic glass.

It is set in a ‘nowherescape’, a liminal hinterland of collapsible time that is at once bittersweet, life-affirming and deadly. This photo-cinematic project features unique techniques that intimate depth in photography. The work embodies the idea of ‘Elastic Photography’ that sits between the stilled film and the filmic still, reality and illusion, analogue and digital.

This project includes work created in South Australia, the ACT, the United States and the Outer Hebrides and Shetland Islands of Scotland and artefacts photographed in the Adelaide Civic Collection, The South Australian Museum and the National Museum of Australia.

Boobook 2016 Pigment print on archival paper 150 x 100cm

Leaf Litter 2017 Pigment print on archival paper 48 x 69cm

float 2017 Pigment print on archival paper 150 x 100cm

The series was first shown at The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra And The ANU School Of Art & Design Gallery, March – April 2017.