Amber Cunneen
“Narrative”
Digital photograph, Cut book pages
“Words
are only painted fire; to look is the fire itself.” – Mark Twain
Building upon the axiom that ‘a picture is worth a
thousand words,’ the body of work Narrative separates illustrations from their
original context, and re-positions them so they chronicle entirely new
adventures. Through this process the images become their own unique identities,
escaping from the tyranny that the text held over their meaning. By depicting
the works as a métissage of mediums; combining sculpture, photography and
illustration, they appear as dynamic creatures, paused in mid-movement. Figures
are shown battling elements that weren’t originally depicted on the novel’s
pages, facing the threat of a colossal and all-consuming wave that manages to
circumvent the constraints of the book and is only contained by a white frame.
Narrative explores the multifaceted nature of story-telling, the importance of
re-contextualisation and the many mediums within which information can be
conveyed.
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