Desdemona in her own words / extracted from Othello by William Shakespeare ; and rearranged by Emily Martin.
2014
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Title
Desdemona in her own words / extracted from Othello by William Shakespeare ; and rearranged by Emily Martin.
Spine title
In her own words
Published
[Iowa City, Iowa] : Naughty Dog Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Description
1 portfolio (2 sheets, 7 folded sheets, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates, 696 magnetic tiles) : color illustrations ; 53 x 36 x 4 cm
Associated name
Martin, Emily, 1953- book artist.
Inspired by (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Martin, Emily, 1953- signer.
Naughty Dog Press, publisher.
Inspired by (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Martin, Emily, 1953- signer.
Naughty Dog Press, publisher.
Summary
"This book in pages resulted from my reading and rereading of the play 'Othello' with a particular interest in Desdemona. To this modern reader Desdemona is dismayingly passive. I isolated her lines and made a set of individual word magnets so I could arrange and rearrange her words to see what else she might say. While I cannot make her say some of the things I wish she would, I found that in the time I have spent with her words I developed a greater appreciation for the language of the play. The result is this very short play consisting of a prologue, five acts and a coda. Some of the lines are addressed specifically to Othello, Iago or the supporting characters Emilia, Cassio and Brabantio who I have taken to thinking of as a combined chorus figure and two lines are addressed to the world at large"--Colophon.
Artist's book consisting of the words spoken by Desdemona in William Shakespeare's play Othello, re-ordered to form new dialog. Each word is printed on a magnetic tile, allowing the reader to rearrange Desdemona's words for themselves in the magnetized interior of the clamshell box.
Artist's book consisting of the words spoken by Desdemona in William Shakespeare's play Othello, re-ordered to form new dialog. Each word is printed on a magnetic tile, allowing the reader to rearrange Desdemona's words for themselves in the magnetized interior of the clamshell box.
Note
Includes 7 bifolia with 7 plates inserted; title and colophon on single sheets. Printed magnetic tiles on magnetized insides of clamshell.
" ... printed in four colors of rubber based ink on two different SP15 Vandercook proof presses using handset type and wire, wonder foam, flexi-cut, hand made corn fiber paper ... and grit ... The paper is Sakamoto lightweight. Each page is enclosed in a folder to designate its position in the book. The title page, colophon page and folder papers are Arches Text Wove. The end sheets are duplexed Bugra paper ... A complete set of Desdemona's individual word magnets are included in the boxed book."--Colophon.
Issued in an edition of 14.
" ... printed in four colors of rubber based ink on two different SP15 Vandercook proof presses using handset type and wire, wonder foam, flexi-cut, hand made corn fiber paper ... and grit ... The paper is Sakamoto lightweight. Each page is enclosed in a folder to designate its position in the book. The title page, colophon page and folder papers are Arches Text Wove. The end sheets are duplexed Bugra paper ... A complete set of Desdemona's individual word magnets are included in the boxed book."--Colophon.
Issued in an edition of 14.
Genre/form
Artists' books (books)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
ART Flat c30
Folger-specific note
Number 7/10. Signed in pencil by the artist.
Folger accession
269548