Erola Arcalís

MA work

Lethe, Erola Arcalís 2016
silver gelatin print
117 cm x 153 cm
The Tempest, Erola Arcalís 2016
silver gelatin print
117 cm x 153 cm
Shipwreck II, Erola Arcalís 2017
silver gelatin print mounted on aluminium
27 cm x 35 cm
Shipwreck III, Erola Arcalís 2017
silver gelatin print mounted on aluminium
27 cm x 35 cm
Shipwreck I, Erola Arcalís 2017
silver gelatin print mounted on aluminium
30 cm x 40 cm

Bearing. The horizontal direction of a line of sight

between two objects on the surface of the Earth

in relation to North.

[Leave simultaneously beginning and end.]

A vessel settled

in a meadow of asphodel,

glass and dry fennel.

[All memories dissolve.]

Describe Spilaion.

Geological formation. Enclosure, cavern

hidden the entrance beneath heat and stone

delays the sound

of sea, river and wax.

Deployed from water,

spout or lip

a vessel contains nothing

other than itself.

morality which implies — metonymy

metonymy which implies | morality

[Enter simultaneously beginning and end.]

Archaic. from 'arché', beginning or detachment

from past origin. The divine horizon of substance

encompasses and values all things.

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Erola Arcalís (b. 1986 Maó, Spain; lives and works in London, UK) is an artist whose work combines images of abstract landscapes and sculptural still life to create fictions around individual and collective memories, re-told in ways beyond a linear temporal narrative. Drawing on mythology and poetry, her practice navigates staged photographs and the chance encounter, historical research and personal experience.

Exhibitions
Arcalís has recently shown at Hauser & Wirth Menorca (April-October 2023) and in Casal Solleric (May-September 2023), Mallorca; and has exhibited at Barbara Weil Foundation (2022-23), Mallorca; Copperfield, London (2020); Unseen, Amsterdam (2019); Centro Cultural Galileo, Madrid (2019); and Peckham 24, London (2019). Her work was also shortlisted for the Barbara Weil Prize (2022); the discovery award of Photo España, Madrid, (2019); and is part of the European photography organisation Futures.

Publications
Erola Arcalís and Tom Hatton, The Yaw of Callisto, self-published 2016; Gazing and Gazing still, self-published, 2017