Distil Ennui Studio
production works by artist
Alexander James Hamilton
established 1990
objects & editions
view the gallery website at Alexander James Hamilton.com
-
Objects to live with
Functional objects that range from lighting, ceramics to homewares, all are produced in limited studio editions. Designed to be lived with, not collected.
Objects to live with
Functional objects that range from lighting, ceramics to homewares, all are produced in limited studio editions. Designed to be lived with, not collected.
-
PUBLICATIONS
books and research manuscripts by artist Alexander James Hamilton
PUBLICATIONS
books and research manuscripts by artist Alexander James Hamilton
-
Butterfly fine art prints
An iconic series created underwater using analogue photography working with butterflies that the artist breeds in the studio.
Butterfly fine art prints
An iconic series created underwater using analogue photography working with butterflies that the artist breeds in the studio.
-
Vanitas fine art prints
A signature collection of still life tableaux works that are created entirely underwater. The resulting works look more like paintings than photographs.
Vanitas fine art prints
A signature collection of still life tableaux works that are created entirely underwater. The resulting works look more like paintings than photographs.
journal & news
-
A new manuscript takes shape in the studio
One of the most unexpected developments in the studio over the past couple of years has been just how much time I have spent writing. For many years, writing has...
Read more →A new manuscript takes shape in the studio
One of the most unexpected developments in the studio over the past couple of years has been just how much time I have spent writing. For many years, writing has...
Read more → -
CONTACT STATES
A new series of unique photographic works by Alexander James Hamilton. Contact States returns to the analogue contact sheet as a finished photographic object, where the sequence itself becomes the image.
Read more →CONTACT STATES
A new series of unique photographic works by Alexander James Hamilton. Contact States returns to the analogue contact sheet as a finished photographic object, where the sequence itself becomes the image.
Read more → -
The Structure of Light: On Caustics
Light is not used to describe the subject. It is reorganised by the medium into structure. A photographic practice built through water, light and controlled instability, where the image emerges as the trace of a physical event.
Read more →The Structure of Light: On Caustics
Light is not used to describe the subject. It is reorganised by the medium into structure. A photographic practice built through water, light and controlled instability, where the image emerges as the trace of a physical event.
Read more → -
The Artist as System Builder
The Artist as System Builder Physical Process and Analogue Photography. My work is not organised as a series of images. It is organised as a set of physical operating conditions. Across four decades, my analogue photographic practice has developed through the construction of environments in which outcomes cannot be fully predetermined, yet are not accidental. These environments are built, tested and refined as systems.
Read more →The Artist as System Builder
The Artist as System Builder Physical Process and Analogue Photography. My work is not organised as a series of images. It is organised as a set of physical operating conditions. Across four decades, my analogue photographic practice has developed through the construction of environments in which outcomes cannot be fully predetermined, yet are not accidental. These environments are built, tested and refined as systems.
Read more → -
Human Authorship in Photography
´ Why AI Does Not Frighten Me ´ a text by Alexander James Hamilton (b.1967) Photography is not defined by resemblance. It is defined by consequence.
Read more →Human Authorship in Photography
´ Why AI Does Not Frighten Me ´ a text by Alexander James Hamilton (b.1967) Photography is not defined by resemblance. It is defined by consequence.
Read more →
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.
- Opens in a new window.