The Slow Infinity of Dreaming. The title relates to the feeling of timelessness and the tranquillity of the Australian landscape. It describes the dreaminess I feel, when faced with the vastness, the heat and quiet, the age of the place and all its secrets that I'm sure are there. Like most of Elisa's work the series deals with growth, change and the process of creating the artwork itself.
Portrait: Elisa Markes-Young. With her cross-cultural biography, Elisa's identity is punctuated by the question of how Polish or German she really is. It is also very much defined by the feeling of being caught between two worlds. The excitement of living in a foreign country is accompanied by an intense feeling of displacement. Being a stranger and 'different', having to master another language and the mentality of a new place creates a feeling of insignificance and inadequacy.

In her work Elisa Markes-Young uses mostly natural fibres, textiles, techniques and skills that are - at least in cultures of European origins - traditionally attributed...

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The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced (2007-09) NEW
Long Departed Landscapes (2007)
What I Am (2005/06)
Beginnings - Series I, Series II (2005)
The Slow Infinity of Dreaming (2004)
Collared (2003)

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