Title Description - A book of matches in a zip-lock bag with photo-copied images of nature, and a New York Times article on the matchbook industry. This book/object makes a wry comment on the decay of U.S. cities in light of the L.A. riots. "A…
Physical Description - "Typeface: Adobe Caslon Pro (regular and semibold). Paper: Hahanemule [sic] Gutenberg Laid, creamy tan (main); Lama Li, deep sea green (accent); Mexican bark paper, dark brown (accent)"--Colophon.
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Title Description - Souvenir photographs from a tour through blighted America, this small book manages to make dead rats, vacant lots, rotten apples and nuclear reactors look luridly alluring. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).
Title Description - An examination of the simultaneous growth and decay of downtown St. Louis. Two perspectives are investigated; first, the shape of the skyline as it expands over the decades and second, the mapping of the land, which indicates a…
Title Description - Text in German and English. By removing existing forms and replacing them with new ones, a story is re-created in a series of urban rythms and structures. Letters, words, sentences and black and white elements are the building…
Title Description - Without words and with one slow pan, this book of photographs portrays a whole world. Starting inside, with a shot of a young woman absorbed in her reading and the music on her headphones, the view moves outward into the streets,…