Fragile Morphologies of Pulp Bodies, 2020
Understanding the idea of a body as extraordinarily relative to and inherently part of its environment, I believe that the material process of hand papermaking functions as a mode of visualizing or working through trans-corporeality. In this artist book, I delve into the particulars of water and its significance as it relates to my interest in trans-corporeal bodies; entangled histories from art historical perspectives as they relate to my own creative practice and research interests; and the significance of handmade paper and pulp as a material. Each book of sixty pages includes dozens of images of my process, installation work, microscopy studies, as well as my writing and references.
Special Edition of 20: Printed through magcloud.com online publishing, with the binding resewn; cover and zine insert (3) is made of handmade kozo paper pigmented with soil, with inclusions of mica, rattlesnake master fiber, as well as horse and my own hair. Additional inserts (1, 2, 4) are inkjet printed on French text weight paper. (Images to come!)
Digital Edition (available as a PDF and also through magcloud.com) includes Inserts 1, 2, and 4 as digital inclusions, with a page marker denoting where Insert 3 (handmade zine) would have been placed. This project was partially funded by The Albert P. Weisman Award, a private trust of Columbia College Chicago. The following images are of the cover and spreads contained within the Digital Edition.
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