Real and fictional depictions of sexual and violent imagery became something I spent a lot of time reading, writing and thinking about – particularly in the final year of my degree. This intersected with my interest in photography theory quite comfortably. Why do we, as a culture, ascribe so much power to fictional depictions of things that happen to real people every single day. I became very interested in the treatment of extreme violence as just another mode of storytelling – after-all, real life is extremely violent. The Japanese horror boom introduced me to “extreme cinema” – which really fascinated me. When I was a teenager, I started seeking out films beyond stuff my parents had already seen – world cinema, and so on. My mam was into horror films, so I got very into horror. I’ve always been really into films – we got a DVD player when I was about six, and I used to get a new DVD every couple of weeks as a treat. I did an art degree, and found I was more interested in the writing around the art than the art itself. What was the the inspiration behind your novel, Boy Parts?īoy Parts is inspired by a fairly broad range of stuff: photography theory, films and aspects of my own life are the core points I pulled from.
Along with her partner, she hosts podcast You Just Don't Get It, Do You?, in which they discuss film and television. Since then she's been prolific, with a collection of short stories out this year and another novel scheduled for 2023. She received a grant from New Writing North's Young Writers' Talent Fund and used it to write her debut novel Boy Parts.
After a childhood in Newcastle, Eliza Clark, 27, moved to London to study at Chelsea College of Art.
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