Delving deep into the email archives now, I've rediscovered the work of Rebeca Rasel. Her very minimalist story-telling collages are so wonderfully different. They remind me a teensy bit of this series, working with just an image and text can be limiting but also very intriguing.

Rebeca Rasel
http://rebecarasel.blogspot.com, & some more recent work.
Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL

Describe your work in 10 words or less.

One-line narratives and photo memorabilia.

What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!

Vintage magazines and photographs. I'm also addicted to books, especially when they've got that look and smell of age!

How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?

(I was born with scissors in hand! hehe) Well, since collage is not limited to an art condition--because there's surely appropriation, selection discard etc almost everywhere, from movies to speech--I can say that all my art works relate to a cut-and-paste process so I can't really point out the very beginning of it all... But the collage works shown here are from 2008/9.

Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?

As a profession, lately I've been working with graphic design and video editing.

Do you have any formal art training?

I finished my Masters in Visual Arts last year and attended an Art History College from 2000 to 2005. Besides these academic years, I took some drawing courses quite a long time ago :)

Explain your favourite techniques.

I enjoy cropping and collecting nice typography and word pieces from books and magazines. The same goes for images. Then I look to all the large amount of paper I've got and start 'writing' with them in order to create small narratives. Some of my works are similar to a photonovel, but not only for the vintage images chosen: the one-lines found at my collages are part of a dialogue not limited to the characters, but open to anyone who's ever felt or faced what's shown there...

Describe your favourite piece ever created.

My favourite art pieces are a red Olivetti typewriter bought at a flea market and a three-leg chair thrown away in its loneliness on the street. These pieces became important 'cause they're surely not random useless objects to create art installations with; for me, the typewriter and the chair are 'life memorabilia' - or tiny metaphors for belonging and awaiting. When something is missing, don't we always find a way to move on (even with a broken leg) and keep on 'writing' (even with old-fashioned looks and memories lying on our back)? Anyway... It says a lot to me... Maybe it all makes sense for you too... :)

What other artists do you admire?

In this collage scenario, my favourite is Robert Rauschenberg. But if I could create something like a list, I'd include Joseph Kosuth, Duchamp, Sophie Calle, Louise Bourgeois... lots more.

Thanks Rebeca!