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Publication Date
2019
Keywords
artists' books, Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest, sixth
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2023
Major
Experimental and Foundation Studies
Faculty / Course
Alyson Ogasian
Materials + Techniques
Mixed media, paper, chipboard (laser cut), string
Student Narrative
This dot-to-dot book is inspired by my grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s disease. It is titled How to Lose Your Way, and the cover layout is a map of my grandparents’ neighborhood. I designed the cover this way because one of the most obvious ways in which my grandfather’s Alzheimer’s manifested itself was in the fact that he could no longer go for walks in the morning without getting lost. On the pages inside, the images formed by the dots are of people and places that my grandfather knew very well— my mother, the office on the second floor of his house, etc.— but as the pages go on, the dots become harder to connect and/or the images harder to recognize. Overall, the book is about connection— in terms of literally connecting the dots, but also in connecting with a loved one with Alzheimer’s through a better understanding of their thought patterns and behaviors.
Recommended Citation
Kern, Naomi; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "How to Lose Your Way" (2019). 6th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2020. 26.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest6th2020/26