Home
this dislocation.
Not the place where I come from
nor the emotional space in which I dwell
but the quiet clash between them.
Searching this duality
for vestiges of home
to discover
that the search itself
is a wandering pilgrimage
that leaves one,
ultimately,
adrift.
project statement
“Adrift” explores the theme of home as a dislocation. Home is not the physical and social place where I come from nor the emotional space in which I presently dwell but the quiet clash between them. The project searches this duality for vestiges of home to discover that the search itself is a wandering pilgrimage that leaves one, ultimately, adrift."
Hellen Colman is a Chicago-based photographer primary working on artists’ books. Her work spans several media striving to construct alternative languages to express the sentiment. She is also a mathematician. Originally from Montevideo, Uruguay, she received her PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Hellen also holds a Certificate in Painting from the SAIC and has been exploring the medium of photography since 2008.
Title: adrift
Materials used: Cover: Arches; Pages: Stonehenge; Photographs: Hahnemühle Baryta; linen thread
Binding: Hand-bound longstitch binding with linen thread.
Size: 12 x 12 inches. 24 pages.
Photographs: 20 original prints, printed on Hahnemühle Baryta paper.
Text: Printed letterpress at Spudnik Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Year of completion: 2018
Collections: in the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection at SAIC.
Edition of two.