What is it, in summary?: In "The Architects' Brother" Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison create almost surreal images using complicated staging and design, rather than computer manipulation. One museum that hosted the exhibition described the exhibition thus: "Robert ParkeHarrison's innovative approach to picture making draws upon the use of the paper negative and collage to construct stories of healing and restoration amid landscapes scarred by technology and overuse. In Herculean actions that are both humorously metaphorical and lyrically poetic, ParkeHarrison constructs beguiling stories that gently remind us to consider the state of our one and only earth. At the center of each of his pictorial tales is a lone individual—ParkeHarrison himself as "Everyman"—the "Architect's" brother. This suit-clad figure patches holes in the sky, creates rain machines, chases storms to create electricity, and communicates with the land to learn of its needs. Robert's wife, Shana, collaborates with him to produce the work."
There are printed books available of the exhibition, but one can also view the images on the Artists' website.
What do you love about it?: The images have a haunting otherworldly quality, and manage to convey huge amounts of narrative in the space of individual images. There is a sense of a whole continuity that hangs together, even though the only text is names for particular images or groupings of them.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: worldbuilding.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfill your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: One could just browse subsets of the images, I suppose, or particular groupings rather than all of them?
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): not really
Rec: The Architect's Brother (Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison)
Title: The Architect's Brother (Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison)
Media: Photo Collection
Approx length: Around 70-75 images
Where to find it: Here are links to the images on the Artists’ Website.
What is it, in summary?: In "The Architects' Brother" Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison create almost surreal images using complicated staging and design, rather than computer manipulation. One museum that hosted the exhibition described the exhibition thus: "Robert ParkeHarrison's innovative approach to picture making draws upon the use of the paper negative and collage to construct stories of healing and restoration amid landscapes scarred by technology and overuse. In Herculean actions that are both humorously metaphorical and lyrically poetic, ParkeHarrison constructs beguiling stories that gently remind us to consider the state of our one and only earth. At the center of each of his pictorial tales is a lone individual—ParkeHarrison himself as "Everyman"—the "Architect's" brother. This suit-clad figure patches holes in the sky, creates rain machines, chases storms to create electricity, and communicates with the land to learn of its needs. Robert's wife, Shana, collaborates with him to produce the work."
There are printed books available of the exhibition, but one can also view the images on the Artists' website.
What do you love about it?: The images have a haunting otherworldly quality, and manage to convey huge amounts of narrative in the space of individual images. There is a sense of a whole continuity that hangs together, even though the only text is names for particular images or groupings of them.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: worldbuilding.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfill your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: One could just browse subsets of the images, I suppose, or particular groupings rather than all of them?
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): not really