Project Statement

by J. Drucker

The idea of using the rapid, time-collapse photography of the flip book as a way to show family history is very funny. But taking the idea as a pun, and making the "raising" into a simple "rising" on the page, allowed Gleber to use a single image and progress it up the sheet. The result is smart, and surprising, and the stop-motion page-by-page animation took some work. The flip book genre is a favorite, maybe because the interaction reveals something the static book does not. This is a small gem of the genre.

raising a family

Conrad Gleber

Agents

Conrad Gleber

type: initiating

role:
artist

nationality:
citizenship: United States

Publication Information

publisher: self-published

dates:
publication: 1976-00-00

publication history: 81 copies were published in 1976. [A. Schutte]

Aesthetic Profile

movement:
unknown

subject:
artists' books (LCSH)

content form:
flip book

publication tradition:
artists' book (local)