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DAN ELBORNE

Listed below is a personal selection of artworks/projects with limited context. To view in more detail, click on the relevant ‘More’ button or navigate the drop down menu under ‘WORK’ at the top of this page.

Deathgate, 2015-18.

A response to visiting the Auschwitz network of concentration camps in Poland. 1.3 Million handmade pieces: one for each detainee of those camps.

48 Hours, 24 Minutes & 15 Seconds,

2018-19.

A durational performance work referencing the current global suicide rate. 1 piece was created every 40 seconds for as long as possible, resulting in 4356 pieces. This project is partnered with the White Wreath Association: Action Against Suicide, Australia.

One Drop of Blood, 2013 - Ongoing.

An interactive, fund-generating installation mimicking my mother’s fluctuating white blood cell count during chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Partnered with the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Australia.

Conduit, 2020 - Ongoing.

Series 0 is currently available with sales supporting the work of Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre, Australia.

Where They Burn Books, 2016, 2020 - Ongoing.

An indefinitely growing library of solid porcelain and compressed paper ash.

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Remains: Series 4, 2020 - 21.

Part of ongoing material and thematic study.

Remains: Series 3, 2019 - 20.

Part of ongoing material and thematic study.

Five Hundred, 2016.

Referencing my Opa being drafted for the Indonesian War of Independence.

Arbeit Macht Frei: Work Makes You Free, 2014.

A response to visiting the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Germany, replicating the most personally affecting physical component of the site.

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