1 Volumes, 12 leaves of plates, includes illustrations, 38 cm
Quantity
Creator
Chen, Julie
Creator
Chadwick, Macy
Language
English
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Technical
Rare Book Room copy is numbered 94 of 100.
Description
"True to Life was written, illustrated, and designed by Julie Chen. It was letterpress printed using a combination of pressure
plates, woodblocks, & photopolymer plates. It was assembled and bound at Flying Fish Press with expert assistance from Macy
Chadwick. The image that appears on each page is one section of a long, continuous visual timeline that can never be viewed
all at once. In an edition of 100 copies, this is number ..."--Colophon.
"This latest bookwork from Julie Chen is about the subtle yet powerful influence that memory has on daily life. Personal history,
while seemingly rooted in fact, may contain more meaning as narrative than it does as documentation of truth. In the form
of a tablet with sliding pages, True to Life offers an innovative physical structure which corresponds to the shifting nature
of memory, allowing the reader to create different combinations of text and image and thus alter the content of the piece,
deliberately or by chance, with each reading"--Publisher's website.
