Unabridged list of fears

Matthew Rodriguez — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:53:08 +0000

Artist Brian Rea lived in New York City (fear: crowds) for 11 years (fear: aging) and during his last year in the Big Apple (fear: choking on apple seeds) in 2008, he began keeping a list of fears and grouped them under these categories: physical, natural, political, random, and emotional fears. Using chalk (fear: chalk [...]

Things that go bump in the night

Sundance Channel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:24:22 +0000

Photographer Joshua Hoffine latest series is his vivid interpretation of childhood fears. Such "classics" include the monster under the bed, the monster in the basement, and the not-so happy scary clown in the vein of Pennywise that I'm sure resulted in many night terrors everywhere. With a pinch of Gottfried Helnwein's morbidity, there is an aspect of Hoffine's work that dances a fine line between cartoony camp, psychological anxiety, and childhood nostalgia.