Brea Souders’ book Magnetic Eels features photographs of glass fragments that she has traced from images by people in her social media network. The book depicts a fragmented and compellingly kaleidoscopic world, one that explores themes of mass surveillance, unseen algorithms, and visual disorientation. The result is a series that uncovers and spotlights modern iterations of the essential human desire for connection. Layering the various shards of glass into sometimes simple, sometimes complex collages of line, color, and glass, Souders photographs the arrangements to create odd hybrids of photography, drawing, and sculpture. Though based solely on existing photographs, the book presents an alternate world from that of its source, and in its form pushes us toward conclusions to questions yet to be posed. - Silent Face Projects
Published by Silent Face Projects
Softcover with metallic foil and painted edges
68 pages
Published in 2018
Essay by Mark Alice Durant
