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Brisées

Brisées

by Helen Sear

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The monochrome, often pixelated images of woodlands in the book are sourced from the internet following a Google image search for the phrase ‘tree surgeon’. Each image features a placed orb which sometimes covers half of the picture surface. (…) The project began when Sear started to collect branches and twigs from Cuckoo Wood, close to her home in Wales. The title is a nod to the French Surrealist writer and ethnographer Michel Leirisâ’s 1966 work of the same name.

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The project began when Sear started to collect branches and twigs from Cuckoo Wood, close to her home in Wales. The title is a nod to the French Surrealist writer and ethnographer Michel Leirisâ's 1966 work of the same name.

Published January 2012
Essays by Jonathan P. Watts
160 x 220 mm
64 pages printed duotone
Hardback, silkscreened and foil stamped cloth
ISBN 978-0-9574272-2-8

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The author

  • Helen Sear is a Welsh-based photographic artist known for being the first female Welsh artist to hold a solo exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale and for her exhibit at the 1991 British Council exhibition. An alumnus at University of Reading, she has received several awards for her work.