THE ARC by Jen Ervin, Limited Edition, 2019
Within this pages, lies my view of the world – slivers of its truth, beauty, impermanence, and mystery – as seen through the lens of a vintage Polaroid Land Camera. The more I became practiced in the art of polaroid, the more I found the medium to be relatable to the human condition, imperfect and changeable. What inspired me to continue so long, was a personal revelation – with every peel of this (now obscure) pack-film, I removed a layer of covering over my vulnerable, summer heart. –Jen Ervin, Notes from the Ark, 2018
TITLE
THE ARC, Select polaroids, 2012-2018 // Available at Aint–Bad
DESIGN
Jen Ervin
TEXT
Jen Ervin, Colleen Nial
SIZE
Hardcover, Perfect bound, 7×9”, 96 pages
PRICE
$40
PUBLISHER
Aint–Bad
YEAR
2019
READ THE REVIEWS: ‘THE ARC’
Mysterious and hypnotic, the images transport us to an ineffable dreamlike realm where time stands still… —Kyra Schmidt , Artist/Educator/Writer
Ervin’s work falls directly in line of (Flannery) O’Connor and Mann, elaborating on the lures of The South. This work feels eternal, like it could have been made a hundred years ago, and will continue to be made a hundred years in the future. It is a fragment of a circumference, a red-painted section on a spinning bike wheel – only hitting pavement every time the South Carolina woods explodes into summer.
—Marissa Iamartino, Artist/Writer, Float Magazine
In The Arc, memory is hazy and fading. The past and present overlap. No photograph lasts forever, but these pictures seem particularly precious and fleeting. More than once, I’ve found myself half-consciously opening its pages–just to make sure they’re still there. —Ellyn Kail, Feature Shoot
Within this pages, lies my view of the world – slivers of its truth, beauty, impermanence, and mystery – as seen through the lens of a vintage Polaroid Land Camera. The more I became practiced in the art of polaroid, the more I found the medium to be relatable to the human condition, imperfect and changeable. What inspired me to continue so long, was a personal revelation – with every peel of this (now obscure) pack-film, I removed a layer of covering over my vulnerable, summer heart. –Jen Ervin, Notes from the Ark, 2018
TITLE
THE ARC, Select polaroids, 2012-2018 // Available at Aint–Bad
DESIGN
Jen Ervin
TEXT
Jen Ervin, Colleen Nial
SIZE
Hardcover, Perfect bound, 7×9”, 96 pages
PRICE
$40
PUBLISHER
Aint–Bad
YEAR
2019
READ THE REVIEWS: ‘THE ARC’
Mysterious and hypnotic, the images transport us to an ineffable dreamlike realm where time stands still… —Kyra Schmidt , Artist/Educator/Writer
Ervin’s work falls directly in line of (Flannery) O’Connor and Mann, elaborating on the lures of The South. This work feels eternal, like it could have been made a hundred years ago, and will continue to be made a hundred years in the future. It is a fragment of a circumference, a red-painted section on a spinning bike wheel – only hitting pavement every time the South Carolina woods explodes into summer.
—Marissa Iamartino, Artist/Writer, Float Magazine
In The Arc, memory is hazy and fading. The past and present overlap. No photograph lasts forever, but these pictures seem particularly precious and fleeting. More than once, I’ve found myself half-consciously opening its pages–just to make sure they’re still there. —Ellyn Kail, Feature Shoot