RCA2923 Graduation Show, Truman Brewery, 13 - 16 July 2023
Installation consisting of 2 large collaged silver gelatin prints, lhs ‘Transmutation 2’ 120 x 94 cm, and rhs 'Propagation' 116 x 98 cm, using waste food and photographic packaging. Vitrine containing 'Entanglements' 14.6 x 10.5 x 2 cm, hand made archival box containing; Public Information Leaflet and silver gelatin recycled paracetamol packet showing snowdrops. Layered plant images on waste food packaging. various sizes.
Transmutation Image: Propagation area at Chelsea Physic Garden showing tumbling flowers/ladder/window
Propagation Image: Greenhouse showing geranium pots on a shelf.
All images made using an antique Watson field camera, hand-coated recycled glass slides, plant developer, waste consumer packaging.
This body of work was created in response to a residency at the Chelsea Physic Garden, a four-acre site on the banks of the River Thames in London, which was established 350 years ago by Apothecaries as a place to grow medicinal plants. This opportunity enabled Eileen to take a botanical journey through deep time, both historically, scientifically and seasonally. Focusing her lens using an antique field camera on plants connected to cognitive function has unearthed the entangled and fragile relationships that exist between humans and non-humans, as well as the connection to horticultural, medicinal and human history, highlighting aspects of precarity and care. See Residencies section for more details.
Installation consisting of 2 large collaged silver gelatin prints, lhs ‘Transmutation 2’ 120 x 94 cm, and rhs 'Propagation' 116 x 98 cm, using waste food and photographic packaging. Vitrine containing 'Entanglements' 14.6 x 10.5 x 2 cm, hand made archival box containing; Public Information Leaflet and silver gelatin recycled paracetamol packet showing snowdrops. Layered plant images on waste food packaging. various sizes.
Transmutation Image: Propagation area at Chelsea Physic Garden showing tumbling flowers/ladder/window
Propagation Image: Greenhouse showing geranium pots on a shelf.
All images made using an antique Watson field camera, hand-coated recycled glass slides, plant developer, waste consumer packaging.
This body of work was created in response to a residency at the Chelsea Physic Garden, a four-acre site on the banks of the River Thames in London, which was established 350 years ago by Apothecaries as a place to grow medicinal plants. This opportunity enabled Eileen to take a botanical journey through deep time, both historically, scientifically and seasonally. Focusing her lens using an antique field camera on plants connected to cognitive function has unearthed the entangled and fragile relationships that exist between humans and non-humans, as well as the connection to horticultural, medicinal and human history, highlighting aspects of precarity and care. See Residencies section for more details.