In the SFCB Gallery
Jan 25-Apr 25, 2008
Curators: Mary Austin & Kathleen Burch
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 Flicker
Written, designed, and printed by Emily McVarish. The book's design and production embody expressions of presence and absence that surround and consume us every day: the mark of a tenant in an apartment's design (and of an era's beliefs in its architectural facade), the abstract trace of the movement of drivers in traffic, the simultaneous concentration and distraction of a screen watcher, the constant here-and-gone movement of a pedestrian. The text juxtaposes and intersects strains of four archetypal figures - buildings, traffic, a watcher, and a walker - in the shared streets of a city, to see if they add up to a whole. In doing so, the book attempts to focus our attention on the psyche, or soul, itself and the archai, the deepest patterns of psychic functioning. Flicker's pages are composed of thousands of pieces of lead type turned on their heads and printed as a solid matrix. Text occurs in the clearings of this background where type has been flipped up to show its readable face. The micro-grid of pages also accommodates isolated wood letters and small duotones. The latter were printed from polymer plates of digital video stills. Die-cut holes link images and texts through multiple spreads, enriching the relationship between positive and negative space and sequence. You can find out more about Emily McVarish by clicking here. | |||
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