Inside Outside (2021) addresses the entanglement of care and ecology in relation to co-dependent systems such as industrial agriculture, home cooking and concepts of wellness.
Created during the pandemic outbreak in Belgium, Inside Outside is one of Elise’s most local works with a focus on Belgian agriculture. During lockdowns, the artist took regular walks in fields close to where she was based.
Composed of monoculture crops, these fields were her primary source of research for this work. As she witnessed the constant labour involved in these fields, where rest and recuperation seemed only to take place in order for more to be grown, she began to explore the relationship between care and ecology.
