SLIPSTREAM artist’s book is the inaugural bookwork project produced by ARKITEXWERKS with the support of Soper Creek Chapbook Studio & the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. Poem sequence, art, and design by the author.
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5.75″ x 8.5″, 52 pages, Softcover. Released: September, 2011. Launched: September 22 at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON, where the artwork was also on display.
Available in two handmade editions:
Deluxe limited edition of 25 (shown at right, SOLD OUT), produced, numbered and signed by the poet-artist, printed on acid-free archival 111 lb. (180 gsm) Canson C à grain paper, with inserts of acid-free Canson tracing paper, bound in signatures and hand-sewn with waxed linen thread, glued to an inner cover of Strathmore 400 series Artagain and wrapped (with French flaps) in Bockingford watercolour paper.
Standard edition, (shown at left) produced by the poet-artist, printed on acid-free archival Mohawk Eggshell Superfine, bound in signatures and hand-sewn with waxed linen thread, glued to an inner cover of Strathmore 400 series Artagain and wrapped (with French flaps) in Strathmore 400 series Ridge ‘Cinnamon Red’ paper. Price $20 (plus shipping & handling, if mail-ordered).
Copies are available upon request from the author.
From the artist’s statement:
“SLIPSTREAM grew out of rough notes for a more extensive narrative I began in 2007, documenting the passage of eighteen hours during a single day – a series of moments and the view from a 19th-century manor-house window overlooking Lake Ontario, captured each hour on the hour. Eventually, by imposing the structure and temporal nature of traditional Japanese haiku poetic form, I distilled the real and imagined journey into this poem sequence. It evolved word by word, image by image, into a contemplation of time, change, memory, absence, and acceptance.
Two years after completing the sequence, I decided to transpose Slipstream from the private page to a more public visual form, one I’ve termed a ‘textwork’, which combines language with image to present an experience that is more intricate and hopefully richer. … This artist’s bookwork is the final interpretation of Slipstream, reproducing the original text and much of the textwork in a smaller form. From manuscript to poem sequence, to textwork, to book, the words remain a study of time and transformation.”
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To purchase a copy from the writer/artist, please inquire. To view some of the artwork (textwork), visit the Artist page.
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