Elisabeth Kohnke
The Fall, 2016.
Sink, water, mirror, water pump, acrylic, power outlets, drywall and vinyl tubing
Hominization, 2016
Power cables, power plugs and outlets
Parasitoidal Reflections II, 2015
Engine oil pans, motor oil and bark from trees killed by increased Western Pine Beetle populations.
Sky Suite: Sky Describing a Road, 2015
3â€channel video installation on three 1080p 32†monitors (L to R) on custom mount.
Lightweights, 2017
Printed PVC plastic, airplane wire and air
Elisabeth Kohnke is captivated by the human point of view and the way in which we take for granted or forget the constructed environments around us. With work that is sometimes disturbing and surreal, she creates imagery and installations grounded in nature and everyday consumer materials. The often invisible connection between first world energy consumption, modern constructs and raw resources inspires her to make work about the human psyche and its layers of dissonant viewpoints.
Keywords: Installation, Sculpture, Video, Dissonance, Anthropocene, Denial, Consumerism, Consumption