Brea Souders
American, b. 1978, based in New York, USA
French Postcard, 2011
Sunburn in Naples, 2010
Mille Fleurs, 2011
Teeth and Shell, 2012
Black Ball, 2012
French Bed and Moon, 2011
Under Water, 2013
Rosie, 2012
Dangerous Pathogens, 2012
Colors of Napoleon, 2010
Shell, 2012
Royal Blue, 2010
African Violets, 2012
Burnt Sienna Universe, 2011
Under my Thumb, 2011
Wet Hands, 2010
Film Electric #12, 2012
Film Electric #15, 2012
Film Electric #19, 2012
Film Electric #21, 2012
Film Electric #22, 2012
Film Electric #4, 2012
Blue Hand, 2014
Clothesline, 2014
Window, 2017
Houses, 2017
Both of Us, 2015
Max, 2015
Event Horizon, 2015
Jane, 2015
White Sands, 2015
Lucille, 2015
Five Mirrors, 2015
Kissed, 2015
Test Tubes 2, 2015
Still Rosie, 2015
Man One, 2015
Pink Baby, 2015
Hand, 2015
Breaking Ground, 2015
醒芷筆記:
Brea Souders跟我一貫關注的其他攝影媒介使用者同樣非常具有實驗性,也跟他們分享一些相似之處,例如對二維平面圖像與三維立體實物一起變成二維平面圖像的研究,以及對抽象與具象蹺蹺板式的擺動的探索。
不過,最吸引我的是她更獨特的創作方式——將已成像的膠片(包括正片和負片)剪碎,靠靜電黏在醋酸纖維織物上,再進行拍攝。此過程中,膠片碎片去留隨緣,任憑靜電決定。她選擇的素材主要是自己的作品,攜帶著自己的記憶,所以膠片碎片也相當於記憶碎片。
她用漂白劑和水彩顏料在未曝光的膠片上作畫也很好玩,模糊了攝影與繪畫的邊界,挑釁了攝影與繪畫的概念。