Book of Hours
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Description
This long-distance collaboration, between California and Texas, took place during the 2020-21 pandemic. The format of Book of Hours is known as a blow book, a historical structure originally designed as a magic trick which allows the presenter to show completely different visual sequences of pages within the same book. Book of Hours contains 12 distinct sequences. The first and last sequences on each side of the book were designed by the two artists collaboratively, and the other eight sequences were designed individually by each artist. These different narratives exist concurrently within the same space and time of this book but are activated sequentially by the reader. The cone motif used throughout this book was inspired by the concept of the light cone which in general and special relativity denotes a single point in space and time.
Publisher
Flying Fish Press, Coyote Bones Press
Subject
distance, pandemic, quarantine, isolation, COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus
Extent
8 ⅝ x 11 ⅛ x 2 inches (box). 8 ½ x 11 x 1 ⅞ inches (book).
Style
Blow book structure. 4-flap box enclosure.
Material
Mohawk Superfine, Mohawk Keaykolour, and Hahnemühle Bugra paper.
Technique
Letterpress, digital, and Risograph printing.
Date
2021
Recommended Citation
Chen, Julie and Schroeder, Keri Miki-Lani, "Book of Hours" (2021). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 65.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/65
Other Information
Edition 26 of 88. Signed by the artists. For more information, visit https://www.kerischroeder.com/book-of-hours or https://flyingfishpress.com/portfolio-item/book-of-hours/.