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Write me a Novel

all exhibition photographs are available for purchasing
contact alicejlpierre@gmail.com for more information

Atanas, Elsa & Jeanne for Write me a Novel - black and white image of three young people with writing on their bodies

THE ORIGINS

Write me a Novel was born in October 2018 in Montréal. It seemed fun and aesthetically pleasing to write words on human bodies, so I decided to write the beginning of my novel on three of my friends. Their chemistry was so incredible, and I fell in love with the results, which made me want to try it again – this time a year later in Brighton. It was the first time I was hearing someone read my words out loud, and because I was deconstructing my work, by only painting a few parts, and making my words accessible to the viewer via a different canvas, something changed in the way I was perceiving my work.’ – Alice

Elsa and Jeanne for Write me a Novel - black and white photogrpah of two young women with writing on their bodies

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Write me a Novel is a project based on the idea that the writer is never alone in the creation of their work, but instead accompanied by the characters making their life and helping with the making of their artwork and, finally, the reader. Based on a short story of autofiction called You can go anywhere in Paris in under 30 minutes, the project revolves around the lives of three women who ultimately become one. Each woman has her own chapter and model, and each of them interact both on paper and in front of the camera. Although this short story will not be published, the viewer will be able to hear extracts from it, as well as discover the parts that were painted on the bodies in the photographs. We are thus making up new beginnings and endings with which to play with and write new stories – something that the viewer will be able to do in the ‘feedback’ section of the exhibition.

Atanas, Elsa & Jeanne for Write me a Novel - black and white photograph of three young people with writing on their bodies

ABOUT ALICE JL PIERRE

Alice is a Brighton-based writer-photographer from France. She graduated from the University of Brighton with a Masters in Creative Writing and is currently working towards a PhD in photoliterature, and previously lived in Montréal, Québec, where she attended Concordia University  for a BA in Western Society and Culture taught within the Liberal Arts College and a one-year diploma in Professional Photography.
Her short stories have been published in L’Organe Magazine, Concordia University’s French student magazine, for which she used to work as an Editor. More of her stories, as well as her poetry, have been published in different anthologies by University of Brighton’s students. 
Inspired by authors such as Patti Smith, Virginie Despentes and Ernest Hemingway, Alice’s writing is also deeply influenced by the artists she grew up with, such as New Order, Ultravox and The Cure. Writing from experience, she finds the roots for her stories in her travels, from India to France, Cambodia to Canada, and England to Italy. These journeys into different cultures were at the origin of her passion for photography. With a particular interest in portraits, the human body, and its capacities, she has worked closely with dancers as well as musicians, and has recently been focusing on the facial expressions of various emotions and states of mind, as well as the connexion created between two bodies when put in front of the camera.

MEET THE TEAM

Black and white portrait of writer-photographer Alice Pierre - all rights reserved
Black and white portrait of Amber Eder

Alice
concept, photographer & artist

Amber
web designer & assistant 

Atanas for Write me a Novel - black and white portrait of a young man, shirtless with writing on his body

Atanas
model 

Carmelita for Write me a Novel - black and white portrait of a young woman in her underwear and writing on her body
Éloïse for Write me a Novel - black and white portrait of a young woman in her undewear and writing painted on her body
Elsa for Write me a Novel - black and white portrait of a young woman with writing on her body
Jeanne for Write me a Novel - black and white portrait of a young woman with writing on her body

Carmelita
model 

Éloïse
model 

Elsa
model 

Jeanne
model 

Black and white portrait of Joey Lee
Black and white portrait of Lauren Critchley
Lucy for Write me a Novel - black and white portrait of a young woman in her underwear with writing on her body

Joey
narrator 

Lauren
makeup artist 

Lucy
model

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