remember me with affection
In the book Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' I am intrigued by the use of letters as a story telling device as well as by the changes in narrator throughout the story. In my book titled 'remember me with affection' (a quote from the book) I rearranged sentences from the letters in 'Frankenstein, keeping the structures intact, to compose new letters and a new narrative. They are a farewell from one person to another. There are no letters in reply, instead pages of soliloquy correspond to each and become a farewell of their own, unrealized until the end.
The book’s narrative depicts a difficult relationship with a loved one suffering from the internal and unrelenting demons of a mental illness. Photographs of the AuSable River Basin correspond to Shelley’s use of nature as safe refuge and comfort, also a place of despair and self destruction. The final image is upside down. The mirror like surface blurs the distinction between water and sky, between real and reflection. The screw post binding is a subtle wink to the Hollywood portrayal of a monster with bolts in his neck, an image now nearly impossible to avoid when thinking of Frankenstein's creature.
Inkjet printed cotton rag, inkjet printed vellum, inkjet printed matte photo paper, black board, screw post binding, edition of 20, 2018.
The book’s narrative depicts a difficult relationship with a loved one suffering from the internal and unrelenting demons of a mental illness. Photographs of the AuSable River Basin correspond to Shelley’s use of nature as safe refuge and comfort, also a place of despair and self destruction. The final image is upside down. The mirror like surface blurs the distinction between water and sky, between real and reflection. The screw post binding is a subtle wink to the Hollywood portrayal of a monster with bolts in his neck, an image now nearly impossible to avoid when thinking of Frankenstein's creature.
Inkjet printed cotton rag, inkjet printed vellum, inkjet printed matte photo paper, black board, screw post binding, edition of 20, 2018.
