Elsa Schröder & Daniel Ellow

"What we perceive isn’t just what’s in front of us - it’s filtered through our experiences, memories and beliefs. This is why the same scene can look different to different people.

Early love thrives on imagination fed by ambiguity.

The unknown leaves room to dream.

The term bothy, meaning "hut," stems from the Irish bothán and traces further back to the Norse būð—a lineage that mirrors their interest in shelter, refuge, and the layered histories of space.
Elsa and Daniel draw on references from outdoor equipment—such as bothy bags and tarp shelters—merging them with the surreal sensibilities of wrapped forms found in the works of René Magritte, Man Ray, and Joseph Beuys. Their practice explores the internal within the external, creating spaces where the everyday becomes unfamiliar and suggestive. After all, isn’t it the hidden and uncertain that keep us both curious and engaged with the world around us?


“To find a new world, maybe you have to have lost one. Maybe you have to be lost. The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world, was always danced here at the edge of things, on the brink, on the foggy coast.”
A quote from Ursula K. Le Guin, collected in “A Field Guide for Wandering” written and arranged by Conner Bouchard-Roberts."

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