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artist_name:
Dickinson, Katherine
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Dickinson, Katherine
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artist_variant_name:
Kate Dickinson
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Kate Dickinson
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artist_nationality:
United States
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United States
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artist_vital_dates:
1990
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1990
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UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Visual Design
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MFA - Visual Design
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graduation_year:
2017
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2017
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area_of_study:
Graphic Design
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Graphic Design
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additional_acad_degrees :
B.S. Graphic Design (Walla Walla University)
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B.S. Graphic Design (Walla Walla University)
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medium:
Hand dyed velvet, cellophane, digital prints
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Hand dyed velvet, cellophane, digital prints
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work_title:
Call Me Ishmael
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Call Me Ishmael
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technique:
Bookbinding
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Bookbinding
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work_date:
2017
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2017
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dimensions:
30 x 20
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30 x 20
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description:
The largest of the five books alludes to the sense of sight: the most dominant sense used when reading. Each page is digitally printed and is visually dominated by a web of warped red lines that have been randomly generated via Processing. Arranged in a curtain-like composition, the lines obscure the text on each page, representing the veil that divides immediate reality with that of the book. The words are cyan in color and are revealed through the lenses of red decoder glasses to imply that the reader must actively engage with the writing to fully comprehend it. The text itself is a curated assembly of well known opening lines from novels arranged into a new narrative. Opening lines are a reader's first step into the world of the book and the act of putting on the decoder glasses to read the words parts the curtain and represents a willingness to enter that plane. The toy glasses additionally illustrate a lighthearted, childlike way of interacting with a tangible object and reject the solemnity sometimes present in the creation and content of artists' books. While there are only eight printed pages in the book, they are sandwiched between blank sheets in the middle of the text block to emphasize that to read a printed book is to commit whollye.g. be in the middle ofits tangible and ethereal offerings. The placement of first lines of stories in the center of a book is an additional way of furthering this idea. The book is bound in hand dyed cyan silk velvet and features a large red cellophane window on the cover that, when closed, reveals the title of the book, Call Me Ishmael; itself the opening line of Moby Dick.
description
The largest of the five books alludes to the sense of sight: the most dominant sense used when reading. Each page is digitally printed and is visually dominated by a web of warped red lines that have been randomly generated via Processing. Arranged in a curtain-like composition, the lines obscure the text on each page, representing the veil that divides immediate reality with that of the book. The words are cyan in color and are revealed through the lenses of red decoder glasses to imply that the reader must actively engage with the writing to fully comprehend it. The text itself is a curated assembly of well known opening lines from novels arranged into a new narrative. Opening lines are a reader's first step into the world of the book and the act of putting on the decoder glasses to read the words parts the curtain and represents a willingness to enter that plane. The toy glasses additionally illustrate a lighthearted, childlike way of interacting with a tangible object and reject the solemnity sometimes present in the creation and content of artists' books. While there are only eight printed pages in the book, they are sandwiched between blank sheets in the middle of the text block to emphasize that to read a printed book is to commit whollye.g. be in the middle ofits tangible and ethereal offerings. The placement of first lines of stories in the center of a book is an additional way of furthering this idea. The book is bound in hand dyed cyan silk velvet and features a large red cellophane window on the cover that, when closed, reveals the title of the book, Call Me Ishmael; itself the opening line of Moby Dick.
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artist_URL:
www.katherinedickinson.com
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www.katherinedickinson.com
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