Marco Breuer: Tremors, Ephemera

By Marco Breuer, Gemma De Cruz, James Elkins

"Marco Breuer: Tremors, Ephemera" documents two groundbreaking projects by Marco Breuer. "Tremors" consists of ?camera-less pictures: ' working in the darkroom, Breuer employs an assortment of household tools--a hot plate or an electric pan, for example--and moves them with varying degrees of pressure across photographic paper, registering their movement as an irregular, seismographic trace. The paper responds to the heat from the tool by recording a latent image, which, once developed, turns the emulsion a range of colors from deep umber to burnt sienna and charcoal black. In "Ephemera," Breuer goes one step further in relinquishing his commitment to a particular medium and literally attacks standard drawing paper, using the format of generically designed handmade books. The pages document direct activities taking place deep within the book cavity--an ignited fuse creeps through the book gutter, leaving a snake-like trail, fanning out in a smudge of brown smoke; an electric shock mars the heart of a centerfold in an explosive display of colorful splashes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967077435
• ISBN13: 9780967077437
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Roth Horowitz, LLC
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.5" x 8.3"