I am a camera
By: Vanessa Berry
Publisher: Vanessa Berry
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Strawberry Hills, NSW
Language: eng
Subjects: Fiction; Young women; Australian literature; Periodicals; Photography
Description: Vanessa Berry is fascinated with disasters. Her personal zine reflects on the observation and aftermath of disasters - personal, natural and global - and palpable fear in the anticipation of negative events. She considers their effects on the environment, ecology, insects, and human psychology. In Issue 18 Vanessa Berry compiles short, first-person vignettes that are tinged with magical elements. In the first piece, "Anchor," Berry describes feeling perpetually untethered until a shocking accident offers her new clarity. In another, Berry is driving through the hills while listening to Blackstar, David Bowie's last album. In "Zombees," a mass of dead bees comes back to life, flying towards the "floral riches" of an ongoing wedding. "Caterpillar" tells the story of two women eating caterpillar shaped bread while riding the ferry. In the fourth, Berry writes about the bygone era of electric servants--robots meant to perform menial tasks who started to develop emotions and fall in love. The zine includes a mixture of printed images and text. -- Alekhya