IT IS BLACK IN HERE

© Natascha Stellmach, A-Z (I)
A-Z (I), 2010, archival ink on photo paper, 30 x 38 cm

Natascha Stellmach: It is Black in Here
24 x 16.5 cm, hardcover, 64 pages
Texts by Amy Barrett-Lennard & Celina Lunsford
in English & German (accompanying flyer)
Edition: 500, ISBN: 13: 978-3-932193-04-0
Published by: cyanpress Berlin, 2010

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“It is Black in Here catalogues Natascha Stellmach’s provocative storytelling oeuvre, bringing together selected photography, film and installation works from the last decade of her practice. As a work in itself, It is Black in Here conjures up the abyss, confronting us with uncertainty and, possibly more fittingly, the sensation of waking from a dream.” Celina Lunsford, Director Fotografie Forum Frankfurt

TRANSIT No.1, from the series TRANSIT 2002 – 2006, archival ink on photo rag, 42 x 59 cm
From the series SOUTHERN CROSS 1998–2006, archival ink on photo paper, 55 x 80 cm
Natascha Stellmach, Come Live in my Head, 2010, ink on photo paper, 50 x 70 cm
Come Live in my Head, 2010, ink on photo paper, 50 x 70 cm
Natascha Stellmach, Did I Flush the Toilet?, 2010, archival ink on photo paper, 88 x 115 cm
Did I Flush? 2010, archival ink on photo paper, 88 x 115 cm

“It is this wit and wry humour, together with an innate intelligence and sense of the poetic, which has enabled Stellmach to so successfully tackle challenging topics; and to do so in a way that is never clichéd or laboured. Her work clearly sits within a strong European, and particularly Germanic, artistic tradition of melancholy. However, it is also very Australian in its treatment of landscape, brooding darkness and the unspoken.”
Amy Barrett-Lennard, Director, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia

Stellmach-HowIns_2004
2005, still from photo film, How Insensitive: 1–channel loop, DVD, B+W, sound, 3:05 mins
Natascha Stellmach, It is Black in Here, 2008, monologue (written & recorded by the artist), 10
It is Black in Here, 2008, monologue (written & spoken by the artist), 10″ vinyl record, sound, 6:20 mins
Natascha Stellmach, Installation view: It is Black in Here, 2008, 10
Installation view: It is Black in Here, 2008, 10″ record, sound, 6:20 mins, portable 70s player (at Wagner+Partner 2008)