Hana Pearlman- Post 11 ERIN NEVE

1)  I came up Erin's' work and I was completely taken back, the bread towers kind of freak me out. Having the perfect little cracker cookies stacked in such a perfect manner was almost disturbing in a sense. The all black background and studio lighting really enhances the surreality of the images. A common object being presented as almost a work of art is a very interesting take. 
2)  I read the tidbit that Erin wrote about her work and it answered a lot of questions.  In 2012 Erin worked at a religious school and found herself observing acts of divine worship towards God. These divine worship acts were grounded in bodily rituals showing sheer devotion to God. These practices were meant to make the invisible feel visible. The choice to have the communion wafers stacked were to represent the physical divine body. 
3)  Personally, this work doesn't really have any affiliation with me since they are communion wafers. however, she did take a few photos of Matzah Bread, which is traditionally used during the Jewish holiday Passover. The pictures above I put in the succession of how wine-logged they were. The first image is of the crisp wafers, stacked perfectly. The second image is the wafer half soaked in wine, losing their crispness, and stackability. The third image is the most intriguing to me, almost disturbing. I find it fascinating, that the wine-soaked crackers turn into a fleshlike subject. Those crackers are used to be the "Body" of Christ, and now the almost engulf the meaning of "body' by looking like flesh, or meat.