Dennis DeHart
Artist Statement
Aerial + Photo Objects, from the project Exotic Terrane, 2021-Present. An Exotic Terrane is a piece of the Earth’s crust that has merged with another landmass and has a separate and entirely different geologic history. Exotic Terrane is an interdisciplinary artist project, centered around Hells Canyon Wilderness / National Recreation Area and adjacent environs. The works focus on place, including a visual celebration of natural beauty, quality of light, and aesthetics. Exotic Terrane also engages with contemporary issues related to public lands, water, and borders. The works are both a celebration and critique of western spaces, in relationships to identity, mythology, and power. The included submission includes a combination of aerial (drone) photographs including “straight” and stylized 360-degree images, in addition to images of unique photographic sculptures created from 360-degree aerial VR images. The free-standing photo objects merge aerial (drone) landscape and topographic spaces imaged in the Hells Canyon Recreation Area.
Dennis DeHart | Pullman, WA