Fotomuseum Winterthur | Online Events | Wednesday, 16.10.2024, 18:00–19:30
Screen Walk with Ellie Wyatt
Ellie Wyatt
In this Screen Walk, Ellie Wyatt will guide the audience through the making of her work cherrypicker, which incorporates over a thousand found images in a fast-paced, infinitely looping sequence. The artist shows how photographic and digital images are selected, assembled and disseminated to support myriad belief systems – from UFO conspiracy theories and apocalypse myths to political agendas and the cult of celebrity. In the process, the audience is immersed in an eerie world of Illuminati, ghosts, imagery from Google Street View, extraterrestrial civilisations and Kate Middleton's knee. Wyatt focuses on the circulatory powers of low-quality photographs online and their lasting connection to ideas of ‘evidence’ and ‘truth’.
In Screen Walks, a series of live-streamed explorations of digital spaces, selected artists and researchers investigate artistic strategies taking place online. The project gives an insight into practices using the screen as a medium. From re-contextualising pictures found on online marketplaces and uncovering data brokers’ invisible circulation of images to analysing in-game photography and the social, political and economic implications of games – Screen Walks examines various approaches, offers a behind-the-scenes look at artists’ work and uncovers new, current and forgotten digital spaces. Screen Walks is a collaboration between The Photographers’ Gallery in London and Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The event is free and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. REGISTER HERE.
Biography:
Ellie Wyatt is a visual artist, writer, lecturer and educator based in London, Great Britain. Her research-led practice seeks to challenge how objectivity is represented, cultivated and often fabricated within science and visual cultures. She works across printmaking, publication, installation, moving image and text, as well as participatory projects including site explorations, talks, workshops and seminars.
Screen Walks has launched a subscription model called Folders. Via a personal folder, subscribers receive access to exclusive content such as digital artworks by the artists participating in Screen Walks. Subscribe to Folders!
In Screen Walks, a series of live-streamed explorations of digital spaces, selected artists and researchers investigate artistic strategies taking place online. The project gives an insight into practices using the screen as a medium. From re-contextualising pictures found on online marketplaces and uncovering data brokers’ invisible circulation of images to analysing in-game photography and the social, political and economic implications of games – Screen Walks examines various approaches, offers a behind-the-scenes look at artists’ work and uncovers new, current and forgotten digital spaces. Screen Walks is a collaboration between The Photographers’ Gallery in London and Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The event is free and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. REGISTER HERE.
Biography:
Ellie Wyatt is a visual artist, writer, lecturer and educator based in London, Great Britain. Her research-led practice seeks to challenge how objectivity is represented, cultivated and often fabricated within science and visual cultures. She works across printmaking, publication, installation, moving image and text, as well as participatory projects including site explorations, talks, workshops and seminars.
Screen Walks has launched a subscription model called Folders. Via a personal folder, subscribers receive access to exclusive content such as digital artworks by the artists participating in Screen Walks. Subscribe to Folders!
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