Walking Middletown
2002
edition 50
3.25 x 3.25 inches closed, 17 x 38 inches open
26 pages
color photocopy of Polaroids mounted on Mulberry wrapped museum board, hinged with the same Mulberry; cover & colophon printed letterpress on handmade St. Armand paper, sleeve printed letterpress on Khadi Handmade
$200 available from Joshua Heller Rare Books
Slipped out of the sleeve, the book’s panels open in many different directions. Unfolded the book takes the shape of a town's geography, with its blocks and dead-ends. The unpredictable process of unfolding the book parallels the experience of a person exploring a town for the first time.
Included in the following exhibitions: 2007 "From Ptomely to GIS" Wesleyan University 2004 "Making Meaning: the Artist Book" Kansas City Art Institute; "Binding Structures: Book Artists Look Back" Swarthmore College