Elsbeth Hill

Confessions of an Asylum
(Oops I Mean Attention) Seeker

September 28th – October 27th

Digitally created prints and installations expose the ‘extra in the ordinary’  revealing the blurred lines between myth and truth

When left to my own devices I am capable of creating monstrous things.
“Confessions of an Asylum (oops!I Mean Attention) Seeker”, is an opportunity to empty my iPad and expose myself to scorn, ridicule and outrage.  As always, it’s all about me but is also about rising to the challenge of how to translate gibberish created on my iPad into my first solo show.

I have embraced trans-disciplinary practice by uploading the confessions to Aurasma, a free app available on tablets and smart phones. https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/aurasma/id432526396?mt=8

Aurasma creates an interactive experience for the audience extending the possibilities of print.

Contemporary printmakers are innovative and inventive, embracing new media and trans-disciplinary practice, this is the matrix I am building my work on.

In the end however it has to be said I just took a leaf out of Bob Rauschenberg’s and David Bowie’s books and did whatever tickled my fancy.

Biography
Born 1971  United Kingdom.
Arrived in New Zealand 2005.
Completed Bachelor of Applied Arts Visual in 2012.
Works at Northern Regional Corrections Facility as the Distance Education Facilitator and Art Tutor and at Oscar @ The Ridge as a fun facilitator.
Married with Two children.
Shove a broom up my backside and I’ll sweep the floor at the same time.
Curriculum Vitae
Keep Passing The Open Windows – Outeredge Project Sanderson Contemporary Art. Auckland
Compact Print Show – Touring NZ and Singapore 2013
Us Now Identity – New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Wellington 2013
Lazy Last  Sundays – Auckland 2013
LACDA Snap to Grid  – USA 2013
VI Departing Graduate Show 2012
Compact Print Show – Queensland. Australia. 2012
Lorg International Print Exhibition Galway. Eire. 2012