COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Just 30 Words
Creator:
Silverberg, Robbin Ami
Description:
"Reading between the lines of an actual postcard sent to Hungary from Auschwitz by a deported Jew, 1944"--Colophon. Artist's statement: "Postcards have been found that were written by deported Hungarian Jews to their relatives from Auschwitz, dictated by SS officers. Rules for responding correspondence can be found on the front: "Answer only on a postcard, (maximum 30 words), in German via the Hungarian Jewish Association. 12 Sip Street, Budapest, VII." The starting point for "Just 30 words" was an attempt to do the impossible: to read between the lines of an actual postcard sent by a woman to her husband in 1944. "Just 30 Words" sets up several scenarios that are each limited by the same dictate attached to those very postcards--any communique must be maximum 30 words. This is part of a continued exploration of language cognition: what words can actually communicate and their limitations. Each time, reading between the lines offers more than what can actually be read."
Subject:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subject:
Postcards in art
Subject:
Women artists
Publisher:
Dobbin Books
Date:
2005
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
30 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Collages
Format/Medium:
Hand coloring
Format/Medium:
Hemp paper
Source:
Just 30 Words, in Artists' Books Collection at SCAD Library, Atlanta, 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:
b13011224
Identifier:
i12489980
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
