Production Narrative

by J.Drucker

The drawings were scanned on the Epson 500, and printed out on Mohawk superfine, with comments and plate numbers added.

Critical Analysis

by J.Drucker

Design Features

typographic: Baskerville throughout.

imagery: Pencil drawings of particles.

graphical: Laid out like a nature album with plates and commentary.

openings: none

turnings:

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Critical Discussion

The edition is designed to invoke associations with nature prints and albums. The purple silk and delicately colored marble end sheets have a direct relation to older traditions, but the language and images are contemporary. The project is not nostalgic or kitsch, but is a clean and direct presentation of a theoretically oriented graphic project.

Detailed Analysis

General Comments

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Events: Particle Zoo

title note: The phrase "particle zoo" refers to observations in quantum physics. [J.Drucker]

Agents

Johanna Drucker

type: initiating

role:
artist
binder
designer
author

dates:
birth: 1952/05/30

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Johanna Drucker

type: initiating

role:
artist
binder
designer
author

dates:
birth: 1952/05/30

note: []

Publication Information

edition type: editioned

publisher: Druckwerk

place: Charlottesville, VA

dates:
publication: 2005/08/01

edition size: Seven

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Measurements

horizontal: 9 inches closed

vertical: 12 inches closed

Production Information

production means:
inkjet (AAT)

binding: portfolio (local)

substrate:
bookBlock: paper
endsheets: paper Hand marbled by the artist.

media:

ink (local)

other materials:

Appearance

general description: A portfolio covered in purple silk with a velvet ribbon tie.

format: album (AAT)

cover: Silk over boards.

color: yes Tone only

devices:

enclosures:
item:

Content

pagination: unpaginated

numbered?: numbered

signed?: signed

Colophon

The particles in this project were all apprehended in the Winter of 2002. But my graphical study of events is part of a much longer, ongoing project, as is the study of particles, particulars, fragments, figments, configurations, and other specific visual traces of activity of study of remains. // EVENTS: Particle Zoo, was produced for an exhibition at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Fall 2005. This portfolio is one of seven copies printed in a limted edition all of which are signed and numbers by the author / artist. Only three are offered for sale, one is an artist's copy, one is for archive purposes, and two are for gifts.

Exhibition Information

exhibition history:

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Related Documents

manuscript type: mockups

location: artist's archive

note: All production notes, dummies, trials, etc. exist.

General Comments

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