Artists' Books
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Creation Date
2020
Keywords
artists' books; light (energy); poetry
Description
102 pages : illustrations. Edition of 200 copies. Accompanying the book: sunflower seeds, a piece of turmeric dyed canvas, plastic glow in the dark star, and a postcard of a neon weaving. Book and objects all housed in a plastic bag. Black, paperback, perfect bound journal. "Light Journal is a conceptual writing project, where daily perceptions of light have been recorded as notes on a smart phone (a source of light unto itself). Similar to the process of weaving on a loom, the book starts at a point in time, and then builds upwards towards the present. The text reads backwards from most present to past, measuring the stormy transition from October 2019 into April 2020. It forms a long and colorful tapestry of text in time, and a soft coping meditation and response to the difficult climate we are living through. Built into the text are symbolic drawings from petroglyphs rendering light forms, which are scattered all over the Pacific Northwest, where journaling light has some of its most historic roots - measures of time carved into stone by early humans. Accompanying the book are a series of concrete poems: sunflower seeds, a piece of turmeric dyed canvas, a glow in the dark star, and a postcard print of a neon weaving."-- Publisher. Black paperback cover with lettering and illustration printed in yellow and blue. Perfect bound. Gift of the artist. RISD Alumna, Textiles 2009. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Press
Portland, Oregon : F. Capone, 2020.
Rights
©Portland, Oregon : F. Capone, 2020.
Materials / Techniques
phosphorescent (optical property); paperbacks; yellow (color); blue (color); color printing; turmeric (dye|vegetable dyedye|vegetable dye); postcards; resealable bag
Measurements
20 cm