Dubious Cosmology is a series of photographs and sculptural works examining the portrayal of landscape and visual depictions of science fiction in contemporary Western culture. The works consider why humans need to have a dialogue with the unknown, and how this dialogue takes on both rational and outlandish forms. Three-dimensional collage on antique globes, along with historical photographic processes, work together to create a portrait of modern myth and fringe beliefs. The project is an inquiry into how human beings perceive the tension of the opposites – living in a quantifying, information-based culture and reflecting on the unquantifiable unknown.
About the artist:
Ella Morton is a Canadian visual artist currently living in Toronto. Originally from Vancouver, she earned a BFA in photography from Parsons The New School for Design, and is currently completing her MFA in visual art from York University. She has exhibited her work internationally, including solo shows at Viewpoint Gallery and Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Nova Scotia, Photo Center Northwest in Seattle, and Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in Kelowna. In 2014, she was a finalist in the Untapped Emerging Artists Competition, as part of The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, and her work was also featured in Contact Photography Festival. Upcoming projects include an installation in the inaugural Land Shape festival in North Jutland, Denmark, as well as participation in The Arctic Circle residency in Svalbard, Norway, in 2016.