Elena Helfrecht
Plexus
‘Plexus’ is an exploration of a suppressed and unfamiliar past, entangled with numerous layers of personal and collective history, trauma, memory, and silence. In this work, I investigate the complex routes of my ancestors using my family house and archive. The fabrication of accounts through objects and spaces reveals bridges between the now and then. This photographic case study provides a familiar terrain to explore the influence of the family in the discovery of psychological and cultural processes within history. The creation of dream-like environments and symbols interlinks all that is remembered and simultaneously forgotten. Constructing a home and a sense of identity, spanning across four generations, provides grounds for a detailed investigation of postmemory, mental health, war and history.
Ieva Austinskaitė • David Barreiro • Laura Besançon • Mireille Chambre • George Wong Yung Choon • Georgia Clemson • Mathias Hartmann • Elena Helfrecht • Heun Jung Kim • Dawoon Kim • Wenqingao Reven Lei • Sara Marinangeli • Ida Nissen • Giulia Parlato • Claire Powell • Loreal Prystaj • Yingying Shen • Yunqi Tang • Gueorgui Tcherednitchenko • Matthew Rhys Thompson • Christel Pilkaer Thomsen • Dana Ysol • Letian Zhou •
Brighton University
MA Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography (Flexible Learning)
Goldsmiths University of London
MA Photography: The Image & Electronic Arts
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography (Part-time/Online mode)
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography
University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography & Photojournalism