Wednesday, 1 April 2009

Chantal Michel

And then by peculiar, ugly serendipity, you discover the illustration of your worst nightmare. Shame described in a way you have only before felt. Decay as invitation. That typewriter in the kitchen- like words matter more (because they do). Art you want to steal. Images you want to step inside. And still: always; hiding behind your damn hair. See the entire series at Chantal Michel.

12 comments:

blessings said...: It's sort of funny and sort of creepy. And the worst of the creepiness is that I do kind of relate. How many times have I paniced because a friend is walking to the front door and the house is a horrid disaster?! LOL ~ Very fun post. Blessings... Polly; 1 April 2009 at 06:03
Jayne said...: Fantastic art because it evokes an emotional response in me - I'm appalled! Her scenes remind me of that programme 'A Life of Grime'.

I'm by no means a clean freak, trust me, but these scenes are actually disturbing to me and when my house is at its worst, yes, I suppose in my head I do think it looks this bad although, in fact, it is nothing of the sort!; 1 April 2009 at 07:30
Sarah said...: I loathe these pictures. They make me want to scratch, the same way the letters home from school about nit checks do. Having said that, the middle one with her perched on an urn reminds me of my beloved grandfather's junk room. You couldn't fully open the door to it eventually!; 1 April 2009 at 09:40
Unknown said...: Oh. It's reminding me what my office will look like if I don't clean it up; 1 April 2009 at 12:21
faery bird said...: Honestly, I find them oddly beautiful- the layered textures, the lovely things scattered amid the ruin and decay.; 1 April 2009 at 12:54
Katie said...: How did you find these pictures of my house?? Yes, that is me with the hair. Funny, I didn't see anyone taking any photographs.

APRIL FOOLS!

(yikes...those pics actually gave me some kind of visceral reaction -- part nausea, part panic. Stuff of nightmares indeed.); 1 April 2009 at 16:02
Anonymous said...: Gosh I love your blog! As an English girl (who has also always hidden behind her hair, now living in Oz) - it's great to hear your kind of 'voice'. The kitchen picture really does my head in ..... freaky.; 1 April 2009 at 20:46
Anonymous said...: I'm going with creepy. Looks too much like dead bodies...; 1 April 2009 at 20:58
Vee said...: That's pretty disturbing and thought-provoking...; 2 April 2009 at 08:31
Karen said...: utter rubbish . . .; 2 April 2009 at 10:25
Shayne said...: There is something about the girl that is just too much like a Japanese horror film - ringu or the grudge or something like that. Very disturbing.; 2 April 2009 at 13:15
Tiffany Marie said...: Oh oh, please do read this: The Yellow Wallpaper. http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=GilYell.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all

It reminds me so strongly of these pictures. Please let me know if you get a chance to read it and what you think of it.

Tiffany; 12 April 2009 at 14:28