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What are
the Sauce Reports?
The sauce reports are descriptions of fictional sexual
encounters that ostensibly took place in a fictional College
known as the Mulder Time Institude, written
and presented in the style of a tem paper, with
illustrations and diagrams. These are “FBI” dossiers, so to
speak, documenting a series of liaisons, abstracting them with
pseudo-scientific and surreal poetic jargon.
Presentation
The Sauce Reports will be presented in “report covers” and
placed on tables in a gallery to be flipped through by
viewers. Each report will be 4 to 10 pages, with plenty of
photographs and diagrams to illustrate the encounter. In
addition each report will be posted as a facsimile on the
web.
There are a
few things any potential model should know before
participating in
this project:
• The Sauce Reports will be displayed in Galleries and
public places, both alone
and as sets.
• The Sauce Report will be displayed on the internet in
detail
• The model should choose an authentic sounding “regular
name” pseudonym as their identity (Example: Stacey Payne)
• Anonymity of the model's name will be upheld (unless they
wish otherwise)
• Partial nudity is required
• The model will need to sign a standard model release form.
Elements
1 – Reports in report covers with illustrations
Logistics
The Type of
Model Needed
The Sauce Report is
more of an artistic collaboration than a
typical modeling assignment where you would show up, get
photographed, then leave. I am seeking models who have shown that they have an active imagination and are dedicated
to making interesting art, whether it be in photography or
other mediums. In addition, I am contacting
models that have an interest in “role-playing”, whether it
be retro characters from earlier periods (Victorian, 20’s
Flapper, 40’s pin-up, etc.) or futuristic (cyber-goth, tank
girl, sci-fi fetish, etc.). This project will require
the model
to adopt the guise of a fictional character, and then will
require her to create scenarios and back-story for a set of
Polaroid
photographs. I will not take the photos myself; the model
will have them taken remotely by a third party under the
model's supervision, according to instructions I will provide;
as
such, the photos are deliberately not intended to be
artfully polished. The photos are not
an end to themselves; they are just one element within the
report which will primarily be a fictional text based on the
images that are sent to me.
The Models for this project will be given a wide berth with
regard to creating their own character, both in wardrobe and
in context. They will first need to pick a time period from which
they will
originate. It can be the past, the present or the future.
They will need to select a distinct wardrobe that fits the
time period of the character they portray.
Before shooting, the model
would work with me to flesh out the character and to devise
three fictional sexual encounters. The model would then have to photograph themselves at
each of the three scenes, ostensibly before, during, or after the
encounter, as if she and her lover had paused to take some
candid shots. They would
then isolate an element that appears in the photos from the
scene (dirt, grass, panties, a stray earring) and photograph
it as if it were evidence. An added hook would be if the
places could be exotic, historical, or otherwise notable.
Who
Takes the Pictures?
The model
will need to arrange for a friend to take the Polaroid
photos according to instructions; most of the
models I am working with are remote, and I will not be able
to travel extensively to complete this project. I have worked
remotely with other models on projects in the past and have
been pleased with the results. Due to the nature of this
project, a professional (or
semi-professional) photographer is not needed to take the pictures. In
fact, I am deliberately looking for an amateur, unpolished
look to the photos, as it will add to the authenticity of
the project. If the images look TOO artful, or posed, then
the spontaneous nature of the impression that I have in mind
may be compromised.
I would then use the raw
materials as a springboard to write up and compile the Sauce
Report.
The Scenario
The story is this: over a period of about 3 months, the
model has a brief, but intense relationship with a member of
a rock band that travels through time. Though there is no evidence of
the male lover in the
photos, he brought a Polaroid camera with him and took some
photographs of during his visits.
In the artwork, a fictional third party (a “FBI” type figure
(similar to an Interzone Agent in William Burroughs books)
will be tasked with documenting the activities of the time
traveler during this period. The photos will be combined
with text to provide a final report, which will look like a
college term paper, compete with illustrations, captions,
footnotes, and a cover page.
Instructions
The images will be taken with a Polaroid camera. I have deliberately chosen Polaroid photos (as opposed to
Digital Photos) for
their unique and immediate character. Polaroids have a
rough, amateurish quality to them that intensifies a
specific moment in space and time. While copies of them can
be made, the original has a rich, unique quality that
doesn’t lend itself easily to reproduction. In addition,
Polaroid photos have harsh lighting, grainy quality, and
unique color aspects that are similar from one camera to the
next. This lends a consistency from one project to the next,
so that when I have assembled 12 or more sets of this
project, there will be somewhat of an illusion that the same
photographer was involved in many of the shoots.
1 – Photo Booth Shots – take 5 to 10 photos of your head and
shoulders against a white or neutral background, similar to
the distance you would take in a photo booth shot. These
photos would be “yearbook” type photos where I will be able
to isolate your head and shoulders for the purpose of
illustrations.
2 – Three Places where an encounter took place – photograph
the actual places where three sexual encounters took place.
I’m not looking for landscape photos, I’m looking more for
photos of the ground where the incident took place (i.e. a
bed, bathtub, carpet, grassy area). There should be an
element such as an earring, or article of clothing. 1 to 2
photos of each location.
3 – In each of the three places you select, photograph
yourself in character and in costume, in various states of dress and undress.
These photos should be taken as candids, and not look
particularly posed or contrived. In other words, these
photos should look as if you were in the middle of getting
dressed or undressed, and your lover just happened to snap a
couple of quick photos. I would prefer there to be some
degree of nudity in these shots, so as to provide some
provocative images that will stand out in the final report.
However, any explicitly pornographic images showing actual
sex, ect would push the envelope too far. I am looking for
the moments before and after the events, not a sexual event
in itself. 10 to 15 photos in each of the three locations.
4 – Photograph your sexiest feature in close up – the
feature should be nude – for instance if you think your best
feature is your legs, there should be close up of your legs
with no stockings, socks, shoes, pants or other dressing. 5
to 10 photos.
5 – Candids – take about 10 images of yourself participating
in various activities – any activities will do! You should
be fully in costume and character in all of these candid
photos.
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