hey little world.

 

abandon.

 

dispensation.

 

missing appearances.

 

totality.

 

tilt.

 

afloat.

 

screenshot of dissolve

 

falter.

 

inhabitation.

The hey little world. series was created at Federation Square, Melbourne, during my time at Visible Studios, a short term Artist in Residence program curated by Sayraphim Lothian.

Federation Square looks quite industrial with all the exposed steel beams so I wanted to bring human and nature elements into each performance, while still keeping the imagery quite dark and cold looking.  Before I started shooting I spent a day in the space working out where I'd be able to climb and cram myself into, and what movements I could perform in response to the environment I was in.  I also did some filming for each location so stay tuned for a short film.... shortly!

Visible Studios was an amazing and awesomely fun experience.  I love the freedom of creating to create, not for a deadline.

Ps. you can check lots of behind the scenes pics here.

limited edition prints now available from Etsy!

When I create my work I envisage it BIG on BIG walls.  But guess what?  We don't have the space to house heaps of large artworks in our homes!  I was having a ponder on this one day and decided to print some limited edition photographs in bite sized pieces that WILL fit in your home.  These A3 and A4 prints are available from Etsy, and if there's any other favourites you would like to see in the shop please let me know x

www.etsy.com/shop/ilonanelson

my heart of trees - Behind The Scenes

I turned into the driveway on auto pilot as I'd done a trillion times before.  But this time I wasn't coming home, I was knocking on the door of a stranger to ask if I can borrow a bit of the paddock to shoot a photo.  

M&D moved into town three years ago but I still feel like I should be pulling into that horseshoe driveway, I have to consciously think about where I'm going otherwise my body steers me to the bush. I"m not sure how to describe how it felt being home again.  It was interesting to sit back a bit and watch the different emotions float around me which was everything from I belong here, this is where I should be, to I wonder if I could buy the property when they move?  (my plans of winning tattslotto without entering hasn't come to fruition... yet)  I don't think I actually want to move there, it's more that I've been feeling a bit lost and nostalgic lately.  Running around barefoot in the bush sets me free and grounds me at the same time, then I'm back on my way again.

The new owner was more than accommodating and welcoming, and it turns out her teenage son is on his way to becoming an artist so we had a big chat about that.  She introduced me as a real live artist which makes me chuckle.  She also said she'd love to see what I created that day so I'll go and visit when I'm out that way again.  Which is kinda nice.

Anyhoo without further ado, here is a little BTS video I made of me shooting my heart of trees...

The geeky stuff...  The final image was shot on my 17-85 lens | f4.5 | 1/250 sec | ISO320

This is the photo straight from the camera;

When editing I didn't add too much to the image as with the light behind me it already looks a little surreal.  If I brought a lot more into the photo it looked like I had plonked myself onto the image in photoshop.  In a super dodgy way.

So all I did was add some texture and warm it up by adding yellow tones and this is the final result!

I did 103 jumps by the way.  My (lack of) fitness is no match for that and my muscles were not amused, walking wasn't an enjoyable pastime for a couple of days...

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outtakes {personal}

Some outtakes from the Punch shoot...

little blue, hunting her song {personal}

After completing a day of mini portraiture sessions I celebrated with this series which was just for the fun of creating and wasn't planned, I just picked the locations and started shooting...  Little projects like these are way too much fun, I love them!