Ellis Holman
Composing Oceans
Composing Oceans is an installation in which the ocean is recomposed as a surreal landscape, played with tensions, light, and gravity. The installation symbolises the complex relationship between past and future, with the sensation of floating between these two extremes. It captures the longing for ultimate freedom within flight behaviour. The installation is a continuation of her work The Narrative of Sunlight (2022); an ongoing research on escapism and the elements of the landscapes around us. With her previous work, she created a contemporary form of escapism. With Composing Oceans, she wants to ask the question: What comes after flight behaviour?
Ellis Holman is a visual artist who draws inspiration from the landscapes around her. She uses her passion for film and photography to analyse her surroundings and then works with an iterative process to translate what she finds fascinating into her own visual language. In this process, she keeps searching for the right combination of material, technique, form, and movement that reflect the atmosphere and poetry of a landscape. Characteristic to her practice, Ellis creates works that create space for contemplation, reflection and releasing emotions.