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Ian Trask
Strange Histories: A Bizarre Collaboration
11″ x 12″ x .5″
2018
$65
Strange Histories is a self-published collaborative artist book which presents a series of photographic collages (made by artist Ian Trask) alongside ekphrastic writing (fiction, poetry, and non-fiction) from 29 different contributing writers. The collages were made by combining found 35mm slide photographs donated by Trask’s community. In the words of Brandon Kaplan, a contributor who also wrote the book’s foreward: “…while Strange Histories is a collaborative work in words and images on the page, it is no less a multi-dimensional work of sculpture elaborately structured from the connections between people, their ideas, and their creative potential.”
Instagram: @ian_trask and @strangehistories
Ian Trask
Attack of the Holy Spirit
35mm slide collage displayed in a vintage slide viewer, presented on a mixed media sculptural shelf
9″ x 7″ x 8″
2022
Works in my Strange Histories series combine found 35mm photography, analog collage, and assemblage sculpture to create imaginative double-exposures that transcend the boundaries of time and experience. The photocollages, which are presented in vintage slide viewers, are created by overlaying two 35mm slides which have been meticulously selected from the my massive 30,000 slide collection. It’s a slow process that relies on trial and error and serendipity. From the chaos emerges surreal visual juxtapositions informed by a confluence of memory, beliefs, feelings, current events, hopes, fears, and humor.
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