Ellis Smith
Fine Art BA Hons
University for the Creative Arts Canterbury
Specialisms: Fine Art / Sculpture / Contemporary Craft
Location: Canterbury, United Kingdom
Ellis Smith
First Name: Ellis
Last Name: Smith
Specialisms: Fine Art / Sculpture / Contemporary Craft
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My Location: Canterbury, United Kingdom
University / College: University for the Creative Arts Canterbury
Course / Program Title: Fine Art BA Hons
About
Ecological comtemporary female artist. Wandering, gathering & making with place in Kent and Sussex. BA Fine Art Graduate and soon-to-be PGCE Art and Design student. Member of Tread Collective.
“From a distance” is a response to the Kent landscapes shaped through walking, gathering, and transforming earth into form. It explores how we experience land in the age of the Anthropocene, where encounters with place are often fractured or lost. A panoramic billboard, earth-formed monoliths and spheres, and screens with video and sound construct a mediated ‘spectacle’ of place. Together, they juxtapose the direct, embodied engagement of walking in the land and a distanced technological representation. The billboard acts as both a window and a barrier, symbolising a longing for connection with nature, while confronting the reality of our disconnection. At its core is the retired hoverport of Pegwell Bay, a site once dominated by industry, now slowly reclaimed by nature. Its haunting beauty holds both ruin and resilience. The work asks: What remains of place after extraction, neglect, and spectacle? And can we begin to reimagine more attentive, ethical ways of being with the land?
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