跟我来 / Ellie Davies

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“跟我来”是一个艺术作品系列，位于英国南部的森林里，这里也是摄影师长大的地方。该系列中的每个作品都是在树林里完成，细致的制作过程成为了这些作品的核心。介入到树林地面的人工材料营造出一种“人造的”自然景观，展示了风景画的悠久历史以及它们所承载的丰富的内涵与迷思。这些路径以颜料、粉末、毛线和纸张等材料制成，暗示了传统工艺的发展过程。每个作品都顺应了一种最自然的移动线路，例如动物的足迹、陆地的起伏，亦或是眼神的游移。路径的形成过程是完全无意识且具有唯一性的。

Come with Me was made in the New Forest in the South of England, where Davies grew up. Each piece is constructed within the forest, and the physicality and labour of the making process is central to the work. The introduction of artificial materials to the woodland floor reflects the ‘constructed’ nature of landscape, with particular reference to the long tradition of landscape painting and its role in the creation of meaning and myth making. The pathways are made from materials such as paint, powder, wool and paper which reference traditional craft processes. Each piece follows the most natural line of movement through the space tracing animal paths, the sweep of the eye, or the curve of the land. The process of making is spontaneous and solitary.

路径的色彩、形状和材料呼应着其周围的环境，在不同的空间中形成微妙的轨迹，反映出艺术家期望在森林景观中实现更加丰富的自我介入。这些覆盖在森林地表上的轨道将自然世界转化为一个影像般的事物、一个具有记忆性的空间。这些作品对“自然”和“景观”作为概念的稳定性提出了质疑，并引发观看者做出如下的思考：自然风景会对我们的个人特质产生怎样的影响？而我们又该如何利用这些风景中的空间？

The colour, shape and material of each pathway draw on and mirror the landscape around it. These pathways delicately and temporarily trace a trajectory through the space, allowing the artist to inscribe and locate herself within the landscape in order to develop a richer personal interaction within the woodland. These trajectories are imposed and over-laid on the forest floor, transforming the natural world into an object as well as a photographic image, an inscribed space which questions the stability of ‘nature’ and landscape’ as concepts, and ask the viewer to consider how their own identity is shaped by the landscapes they live in, and the ways in which they utilise these spaces.

Ellie Davie（生于1976）居住在多塞特郡，英国南部的森林是她工作的场所。她于2008年获得伦敦传媒学院摄影专业硕士学位。
Ellie Davies (Born 1976) lives in Dorset and works in the woods and forests of Southern England. She gained her MA in Photography from London College of Communication in 2008.

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