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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white is the wise know ~ Prose and Poetry about the Color White Officina Ludi, Grosshansdorf / Hamburg, 2006 Editor: Claus Lorenzen Authors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Thomas Mann, Christian Morgenstern, Bertolt Brecht, Georg Trakl, Georg Heym, Francisca Stoecklin, Rose Ausländer, Peter Huchel, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, EugenGomringer, Joseph Johannes Illustrators: John Gerard, Anne von Karstedt, Thomas Marutschke, Joseph Johannes, Visser, Svato Zapletal Printer: Claus Lorenzen Binder: Christian Zwang Contact: www.officinaludi.de Forty pages with six "white" original prints by several artists (see above) in various techniques. Texts embossed onto, stamped or laser cut into Zanders Medley 150g paper. Flexible cover with a lasered wrapper of Japanese paper; white embossed slip-case made of Efalin linen. Choice of texts, book design, setting, and printing of the embossed texts by Claus Lorenzen in cooperation with the Museum der Arbeit (Museum of Work) in Hamburg. Printing of the embossed films: Druckerei Max Siemens KG, Hamburg. Laser cuttings: Firma Kremo, Mosbach. Edition of 150, of which 25 are preferred editions with a slip-case of white Japanese paper and three additional prints. The sentence from Eugen Gromringer "wie weiß ist wissen die weisen" (what white is the wise know) serves as the motto under which various literary texts in prose and poetry are brought together in this book, all of which treat the mystery and magic of the "color" white. The multiple nuances of "white" — which above all are conjured up by the play of light and shadow — are made visible by the design of the book: thus the texts are for the most part stamped into the paper, raised as a kind of braille, and in part enhanced with a thin film or lasered into the paper. | |||
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