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Publication Date
12-1-2023
Description
Entry for the 10th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening Reception Thursday, February 29th, 2024 Fleet Library, Main Reading Room. Juror: Ian Cozzens BArch 05.
Keywords
artists' books, Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2027
Major
Experimental and Foundation Studies
Faculty / Course
Martie Holmer, Design
Materials + Techniques
Printing, paper, pencil, clipboard, ruler, string, tracing paper, tape/glue, pen
Student Narrative
This book is in the form of immigration documents on a clipboard. It is a retrospective glimpse into the experience of my grandmother during her immigration to America from Germany in 1957. I aimed to emulate the long inspection and documenting process she endured during her journey.
Photo Credit
Miles Tong 2025 FAV
Recommended Citation
Farrington, James; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Records of Traversal" (2023). 10th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2024. 17.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest10th2024/17