Episode 394: German artist Elena Helfrecht joins me to speak about her fantastic and phantasmagoric new book Plexus, published by Void.
Plexus is a deep psychological study of a family home in Bavaria, Germany. Apart from having a family history, the house also shares a longer history in the shadow of Twentieth-century German history. Though neither family history, nor German history are the direct focus of the book, the two tropes combine to create a miasmatic and ghostly series of photographs that present as etched from the house to a deep and disturbing series of photographs that hint at psychoanalysis but present more as a disturbed study ala Gaston Bachelard on a bad trip.
During the episode, Elena and I spoke about her background, family history, and the house itself. We managed to speak about our shared experiences, our interest in post-mortem photography and the photographs of Joel-Peter Witkin. It turns out that there was quite a bit to speak about. Please tune in!
