What Desdemona never says / by Emily Martin.
2014
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Title
What Desdemona never says / by Emily Martin.
Published
Iowa City : Naughty Dog Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Description
5 boxes (5 Mobius strips) ; 11 x 28 x 11 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.
Note
The Mobius strips are 2 x 10 inches, housed in five white cardboard boxes with titles on printed strips affixed.
"Five different Mobius strips printed using handset type printed letterpress and trace monotypes. A reworking of Desdemona' s lines by rearranging her original words from the Shakespeare play, Othello to give her something else to say. Each an edition of 10 with 2 proofs"--Artist's website.
"I have been reading and rereading Othello with a particular interest in Desdemona. To this modern reader Desdemona is dismayingly passive... These rings are the first of a series of works using my re-ordered lines for Desdemona. A series of 5 Mobius strips printed using handset type printed letterpress and trace monotypes on Mohawk Superfine paper, 2" x 11". Each ring is in an edition of 10 with 2 proofs"--Artist's statement accompanying Mobius strips.
"Five different Mobius strips printed using handset type printed letterpress and trace monotypes. A reworking of Desdemona' s lines by rearranging her original words from the Shakespeare play, Othello to give her something else to say. Each an edition of 10 with 2 proofs"--Artist's website.
"I have been reading and rereading Othello with a particular interest in Desdemona. To this modern reader Desdemona is dismayingly passive... These rings are the first of a series of works using my re-ordered lines for Desdemona. A series of 5 Mobius strips printed using handset type printed letterpress and trace monotypes on Mohawk Superfine paper, 2" x 11". Each ring is in an edition of 10 with 2 proofs"--Artist's statement accompanying Mobius strips.
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How
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Genre/form
Artists' books (books)
Movable books.
Movable books.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City.
Item Details
Call number
ART 269- 549 (realia)
Folger-specific note
Number 4 of 10. Each strip signed by the artist in pencil.
Folger accession
269549