Ella Bertilsson: Doris Day Demon and the Invisible Presence
02nd Dec 2010 - 07th Dec 2010
Opening Reception Thurs 2nd Dec 2010. Open daily 12-6pm.
MAN: are you lost yet
GIRL: no, I know exactly where I am. I?m at home in my bed sleeping
MAN: how can you be there and also here with me
GIRL: it’s easy to be in two places at the same time
Janet Cardiff
In Doris Day Demon and the Invisible Presence, Ella Bertilsson aims to expand on our understanding of reality by investigating the self and the ‘true’ self. Considering the notion of the doppelgänger in the work, Bertilsson considers the double as our own inner demon; a metaphor for the unknown, invisible presence in our minds.
Through sculpture and film, the relationship between the inner demon and outer self are evoked. Ideas surrounding Freud’s essay titled ‘The Uncanny’ or unheimlich are reflected in the work.
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Ella Bertilsson is a Dublin-based artist. She graduated from NCAD’s fine art department in 2009. Her work has been shown in Dublin and internationally in Malaysia, Los Angeles, Sweden, Belfast and London. This is her third solo exhibition.
Bertilsson is a member of the Black Church Print Studio and the artist collective Turbo Monthly. In 2009, she received a studio scholarship in Vilhelmina, Sweden, and recently received the SIM residency in Iceland that she will begin in February 2011.