COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Not a Straight Line
Creator:
Martin, Emily, 1953-
Description:
Artist's book by Emily Martin. Housed in cream linen box with elastic closure. Edition of 20. Artist's prospectus: "Comprised of 10 linked Coptic bound books with one line of text in each of the books ... Letterpress printed on stained Rives BFK heavyweight paper. The covers are made of moriki and University of Iowa flax paper. The individual books are hinged together with walnut crackle paper from Cave paper ..." Artist's statement: “Not a Straight Line commemorates the burning of the ancient booksellers' street in Baghdad in March 2007. It was created as part of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Project, which was "A Call to Action for Letterpress Printers! To protest & commemorate the bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street, the centre of bookselling in Baghdad, on March 5th 2007." The project aims to re-assemble some of the inventory of the reading material that was lost in the car bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street. One complete set of the books from this project will be donated to the Iraq National Library in Baghdad. To read Not a Straight Line viewers must find their way along the linked books that turn this way and that, much as a meandering street would."
Subject:
History in art
Subject:
Violence
Subject:
War
Subject:
Women artists
Publisher:
Naughty Dog Press
Date:
2011
Coverage:
Baghdad (Iraq)
Coverage:
Iraq
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 volume (268 unnumbered pages) ; 51 x 51 x 150 mm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Boxes (containers)
Format/Medium:
Coptic bindings
Format/Medium:
Elastic (textile material)
Format/Medium:
Flax fiber papers
Format/Medium:
Japanese paper (handmade paper)
Format/Medium:
Letterpress printing
Source:
Not a Straight Line, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b12991892
Identifier:
i12454849
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
