Natalie Beall

My work is an ongoing investigation into the latent energy contained within antique objects and interiors. My engagement with revealing the unseen spirits, imagined histories, and fantastic elements of certain objects and spaces stems from a lifelong fascination with family histories, religious and supernatural belief, and the imagination. I often visit old homes, museum period rooms, books and library archives for images that silently speak to me. I take these images through different processes of transformation, including creating exaggerated objects in fabric and paper, collaging photographs into uncanny contexts, and juxtaposing found objects with created environments. I see much of my work as a type of tableau vivant starring inanimate objects and interior details instead of actors. Part stage director, interior designer, and amateur diviner, I create potential spaces for the spirits of objects, places and people to emerge.