Books from the exhibition
Exhibition Sponsors
Bartkowiak's Best: Book Art from the Hamburg Archives
In the SFCB Gallery Jan 26-Apr 27, 2007
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No Sea Passage to India Edition Schwarzdruck; Berlin, German; 1992 Author: Christoph Hein Illustrator/Artist: Marc Berger and Roland Berger Printer: Mark Berger Binder: Mark Berger Contact: www.edition-schwarzdruck.de Twenty-two pages, five linoleum cuts by Roland Berger, hand set in Block and Berlin Grotesk, Japanese binding. This was the second book of the edition Schwarzdruck. Christoph Hein wrote this text during the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage (probably even on a trip to America). It is a story of Columbus's search for a new world, but also serves as a metaphor for the social program of the DDR. The third level of meaning is the eternal longing of all seafarers for distant places, and the linoleum cuts make these multiple meanings clear. The typography is reminiscent of that of a Berlin tabloid and underscores the journalistic tone of the laconic narrative style for which Hein is known. Edition Schwarzdruck is an East Berlin hand press operation, which has published various books, broadsides and group projects since 1990. The emphasis is on critical German leftist literature, primarily from the former DDR. | |||
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