CJ Taylor

CJ Taylor’s practice engages with the concept of elastic photography in the Age of Extinction, where time collapses into a gap opened up at the edge of photomedia and cinema. He creates potent snapshots of a future embedded in the past, grounded in science and the arts, in proof and in theory, in fact and in fiction all balanced precariously at the intersection of time, hyperreality and affect.

The bushland where he lives on Peramangk country in southern Australia intimately shapes his practice. Experiences as a volunteer firefighter during Australian Black Summer of 2019/2020 and the climate crisis are of primary importance to his current work.

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CJ Taylor, Age of the Pyrocene (This Little Paradise), 2020-2022, C-type print on metallic paper, diptych, 150 cm x 200 cm
CJ Taylor, Age of the Pyrocene (Base Camp), 2019-2020, Pigment prints on etching paper (dimensions variable), fluorescent acrylic sheets, builders line, eucalyptus water stains, burnt branch from Ash Wednesday 1983 bushfires on Peramagnk country.
CJ Taylor, Age of the Pyrocene (The Witnesses), 2020-2022, HD video, triptych
CJ Taylor, Installation view. Photo: Sam Roberts