The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced

Elisa Markes-Young, 2007-11

The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced is the next step in Elisa Markes-Young's ongoing enquiry into identity. It deals with the unreliability of our recollections.

Memory is a mystery. We imagine it as being some sort of a cupboard where things are stored and pulled out when needed. But sometimes things are misplaced and it's only then, when our memory failed us that we brood over its nature... read more

five

Christopher Young , 2008-10

five further explores the power of ambiguity, minimalism and ‘the frame’ in photography.

Christopher Young is interested in what or who is not there, what he can't quite see and the helplessness of not being able to 'ground' an image in a time line.... read more

drei

Christopher Young , 2006-08

drei (German: three) develops ideas of context, implied narrative and space to communicate, amongst other things, darkness and danger.

What preconceptions do both the viewer and image maker bring to the experience? How does scarcity, complexity and proximity in both content and composition inform this process?.. read more

Transitions

Elisa Markes-Young, Gail Leidich & Christopher Young, 2007

The artists understand themselves as being in the state of constant change resulting from multiple migrations and the search for identity, both personal and artistic... read more

What I Am

Elisa Markes-Young &
Christopher Young, 2006

As a tribal species humans define themselves through memberships to groups and comparisons to others. We need to join a group. We feel comfortable when we fit in... read more

Beginnings, Series II

Elisa Markes-Young, 2005

The works explore themes of germination and growth, fragility and decay. Elisa says that all her artworks are as much about subject matter as they are about visual and emotional experiences ... read more

Beginnings, Series I

Elisa Markes-Young, 2005

The 'Beginnings' series were inspired by the processes and transformations we observe during a lifetime of a plant, especially the process of setting seed and spreading. It's the beauty of the seed capsules, the various shapes, the ways in which they break when ripe to disperse the seeds ... read more

The Slow Infinity of Dreaming

Elisa Markes-Young, 2004

The title relates to the feeling of timelessness and the tranquillity of the Australian landscape. It describes the dreaminess Elisa feels, when faced with the vastness, the heat and quiet, the age of the place and all its secrets that she's sure are there ... read more