drei is an ongoing series of photographic artwork that addresses three specific aspects of Christopher Young's personal life and practice - people, place and objects. It develops concepts of context, implied narrative and space to communicate, amongst other things, darkness and danger. Images are, for Chris, inherently loaded with stories. When he sees a broken door or a crumpled piece of paper he interprets these further than simple objective observation. 'Why' and 'how' are impossible to ignore. Using very limited information and his emotional response he 'fills' in the gaps and create myths. He is interested in what or who is not there, what he can't quite see and the helplessness of not being able to 'ground' an image in a time line.

statement biography the exhibition the book the videos contact zebra-factory

exhibition @ breadbox gallery

drei was first exhibited at Breadbox Gallery from April 18-May 04, 2008 as part of the FotoFreo 2008 Perth programme.

book preview

As part of the exhibition, a limited edition book was produced featuring the full series, statements and essays by Paola Anselmi & David Bromfield.

View a video 'flick through' of the book...

projections

At various stages in the creation of this body of work I explored the idea of using large scale DVD projections and immersive sound.

The installation concept involved these videos being projected large scale in a darkened room. Given that the Breadbox Gallery didn't really have a suitable space for such projections, this aspect was abandoned and not developed further.

The below are low resolution, abbreviated screenings of various videos.

mistral 2007, 2:58mins

eye-i 2007, 8:51mins

open 2007, 82mins (preview only)

drei #61

drei61

1000mm x 700mm Lightjet Print. Edition of 10 (2007)