Elise Lebaindre - Monster Hunt (signed)

Elise Lebaindre
Monster Hunt

Self-published, 2023
Photographs by Elise Lebaindre
Written by Gabriel Brunet-Sanz
Design by Romane Pâquet
A5 format - 21x14.5 cm
Pages 112 loose pages printed on 280g & matte tracing paper
Plexiglas box
Limited edition of 40 copies
Signed and numbered by the artist

Monster Hunt is a collection project combining photography and poetry.

The project is based on a fictional situation depicting an encounter between a tormented man, wounded by attacks suffered in his childhood, and the man he is about to become by taking the road of the executioner in his turn.

The imagery unfolds in a fictional visual universe, based on bright, saturated colors alternating with archival images. The texts are anchored in a realistic and refined dynamic. The artist thus seeks to produce a sensory exploration, through a dialogue between two distinct creative forms, by entering the psyche of a character, his emotions, his pains and especially his doubts. The story emphasizes an inner evolution of the protagonist in three successive states, represented by three distinct colors.

The writer has conceived an interactive narrative, navigating between image and words, inviting the reader to come into contact with the box when opening the book, to release the hidden contents that will guide their reading.

The artists construct this impossible dialogue between a being and his own demons, and force a dynamic and involved reading. The collection thus offers a double meaning of reading, each one being able to undertake the exploration
which resembles him, upside down or right side up.

They construct a plot based on mystery, uncertainty, and the notion of a cycle. They place their reader in the protagonist's shoes, as he tries by all means to uncover the true meaning of this interview, fully involving himself in the hunt for monsters.