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All On The Same Page, Abxchange, Sara Durkacs, Ann E. Gregory, Ed Hutchins, Roberta Lavadour, Sibyl Rubottom, Robyn Sassen, Alice Simpson, Shu-Ju Wang, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

8 folded & cut sheets : ill. (some color) + 7 folded sheets in pocket. Title from container. "Part of the 'Once in a while' series of artists' book portfolios created by the gang at Abxchange"--portfolio box. Fall 2002. Limited edition of 35 copies. "Eight artists approach the book form within the limits of one standard sheet of 8 1/2 by 11" paper, printed just on the front, or front and back and folded, cut, glued, sewn and/or fastened into a small work of art." Includes 7 pages of templates which outline the construction of seven of the 8 books. …

Untitled, Laylah Ali, Modern Museum Of Art (Moma), Nicole Parente, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[30] pages : all color ill. . No title page or cover title. All publication information from colophon. Digital production: Nicole Parente. Artists' book featuring Laylah Ali's "greenheads"

All The Aldas, Daniel Kane, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch, some fold-out pages; cover; cover page; interior spreads and pages. Poems revealing the author's obsession with actor Alan Alda.

Florida Family Portrait, Judy Gelles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Sewn signatures with soft cover; cover; interior spread; interior page details. Black and white photographs of family taken with grandparents in Florida, 1982-2002, with notes highlighting each year.

Mutually Exclusive, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

5 magic wallets (Jacob's ladder module), enclosed in an Asian-style cloth covered portfolio with bone clasps; portfolio cover; magic wallets open and closed. Each booklet features conflicting text from media reports following the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. Opinions and beliefs, formed from the same information, are often opposing.

Public / Private Peace: Selections From The Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with plastic translucent cover and cloth covered spine; interior pages. Catalog featuring several installations of work based on photographs in the Swarthmore Peace Collection.

Saturday Afternoons, Susan Angebranndt, Harold Williams, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion with pop-ups; cover wrap; book cover; page spreads. Edition of 25 copies. Cover title. In slipcase with mounted color illustration. "Photos: Susan Angebranndt, Harold Williams ; Illustration, story & construction: Susan Angebranndt ; Ink jet printed"--Colophon. Accordion fold book with pop-up illustrations. Library has copy 7.

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Where Do We Start?, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

maze book accordion variation with fold-out flaps, enclosed in a cloth covered portfolio with sleeves for CD's and housed in a cloth covered slipcase with foil stamped title; cover; title page; interior spreads . With drawings, photos and anecdotes, 2 men describe how they obtained an education despite the pitfalls of the educational institutions of their youth. Full stories are recorded on acompanying CD's.

The Veil, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 5 pages. In box (33 x 22 cm) Title from box. "'The Veil' was written and designed by Julie Chen in the fall of 2002. It was letterpress printed using a combination of photopolymer plates and collagraphic blocks on Wyndstone Marble papers, and cut using a Universal Systems Lasercutter. The binding was done by Julie Chen and Anna Sacramento at the studios of Flying Fish Press.."--Box lining paper. Produced in an edition of 100 copies, signed & numbered by the artist. "This book can be displayed as a standing sculpture by curving the concertina into a circle, with …

Fertile Birch, Judy Hoffman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 object. Title and production information from artist's statement sheet. "This one-of-a-kind artists' book is made of beaten, pigmented abaca fiber twisted and molded into lattice-shaped pages. It is one of a series of "Wild Books" in which the artist explores the idea of manmade objects taking on the aspects of a natural form."--Artist's statement.

2002 Portfolio, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Mixed Media November 27, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 27, 2001 issue includes articles on Student Alliance updates, the end of programming at Carr House, community service opportunities at RISD, RISD life models, RISD Works, the drummer of band Live Jazz, a man who arranges rocks on Thayer Street, some RISD departments forcing students to buy laptops, and music and film reviews, along with the comics "Captain Obvious" and "Salsa! by Andrew Kaiko, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media November 8, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 8, 2001 issue includes articles on campus construction and relocation projects, a brief history of the Taliban, a visit from guest artist Calef Brown, a guest lecture on genetic and biological art, a guest lecture by architect Will Alsop, and film and music reviews, along with the comics "Atlas" by Heino and Sarah Brown and "Salsa! by Andrew Kaiko, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media October 15, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 15, 2001 issue is about propaganda and includes articles on Osama Bin Laden, student comments on whether the United States should take military action following the events of 9/11, the Nads, music and film reviews, Brown's production of the Noel Coward play "Design for Living," and Dave Eggers' book "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," along with comics, fiction by Jonah Bleicher, event notices, and other announcements.

Art Context: Free Not Free: An Installation By Indira Freitas Johnson, David Henry, Indira Freitas Johnson

Journals

Exhibition Notes, Number 14, Spring 2001. What Is Really Free? Acts of kindness and the stories people tell: an Interview. Between February and June of this year, Indira Freitas Johnson traveled each week from the Chicago area to work with a literacy group at the Knight Memorial Branch of the Providence Public Library. Starting with these students, recent immigrants learning English, Johnson began to collect stories of occasions where people had given "freely” of their time and spirit for the nourishment of others. With the assistance of five graduate students from Rhode Island School of Design, Johnson expanded her collection …

Mixed Media January 2, 2001, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The January 2, 2001 issue includes articles on the Providence program "Food Not Bombs," a faculty member's experience in Poland, the female orgasm, teen idols, and living amongst the Bedouin, excerpts from activist John Running's memoirs, a photoseries on a science fair in Florida, comics, event notices, and other announcements.

Rethinking The Romans: New Views Of Ancient Sculpture, Georgina E. Borromeo

Journals

Exhibition Notes, Number 13, 2001. This gallery guide has been created to accompany the exhibition Rethinking the Romans: New Views of Ancient Sculpture at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The installation presents RISD’s exceptional Roman sculpture collection in light of new scholarship, which stresses meaning, use, and context within Roman culture. Includes six short essays.

Ride The Skies / Lightning Bolt, Brian Chippendale, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in. On container spine: LOAD 031. Rock music; Lightning Bolt: Brian Chippendale, drums, vocal ; Brian Gibson, bass. Recorded at the Parlour in July of 2000. Recorded and mixed by Dave Auchenbach. Credits (1 leaf) inserted. Contents: Forcefield -- Saint Jacques -- 13 monsters -- Ride the sky -- The faire folk -- Into the mist 2 -- Wee ones parade -- Rotation. Paper cover folded twice to enclose record. Cover is a color screenprint by Brian Chippendale. Record pressed on purple vinyl with blue paper label. RISD Alumnus. …

Ode To A Grand Staircase (For Four Hands), Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 29 pages, pages cut in layers to resemble a staircase. "Ode to a Grand Staircase (For Four Hands) is a visual dialog created by Julie Chen and Barbara Tetenbaum, who found their inspiration in the work of composer Erik Satie. The text is derived from the musical directives and silent librettos which accompanied his scores. Thanks to Anna Sacramento for production assistance and to Claudia Wober for the translation. We dedicate this book to the memory of two men, Peter Chen and David Tetenbaum, whose lives inspired the music in our own"--Colophon. "The story in this book comes …

Roadkill, John Risseeuw, John Nolt, Beauvais Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[12], [8] pages : color illus. Fictional text on accordion folded pages with factual notes in booklet attached to accordion pages. "Roadkill was created during a collaboration between John Risseeuw, John Nolt, and Beauvais Lyons in the Spring of 2001 in the University of Tennessee School of Art printmaking studios... Lithography, screenprint, and letterpress were printed on Rives heavyweight text paper and Rives BFK cover."--Colophon. Edition of 50. Library has copy number 22. Sally Hume Lincoln Memorial Fund.

Tripwire, Yuka Petz, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Type Traces: For Letterform Lovers, Kelly Salchow, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

5 Senses, A. Delany, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

This Original Self, Sandra Turley, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[12] pages : illus. "This book was published at the Women's Studio Workshop..using a method of devore printing, a process of burning away the natural fibers."--Colophon. Printing method: Letterpress, devore screen print. Structure: Accordion fold book.

Five Luminous Towers: A Book To Be Read In The Dark, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pop-up tower; clamshell box, pop-ups, laser cuts, wire-edge binding; cover; page spread La Torre degli Artisani. edition of 50; "Carol Barton Artist Book Process Archive" for this book available in Special Collections

Tattoo, Martha Hall, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 vol. (unpaged) : color ill. . Cover title. Poem. Edition limited to 20 numbered copies, signed and dated by the artist; imprint date from signed statement. Composed of 8 gatherings, bound accordion-fold style, each gathering with its own decorative paper wrapper. Library has copy no. 16.

Bat Box, Fahad Razzouqi, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Animals

This book was created for Jan Baker's Papermaking class.

Visionaire 35: Man, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Slim Aarons

Visionaire

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm, Limited edition of 6000 numbered copies. Having done an issue on woman, we decided the time had come to do one on man. Mario Testino, in his second run as guest editor, conceptualized the ultimate men's magazine complete with past icons and new heroes, advertisements from the 1970s, photographs made by famous women of their men, and man as seen by contemporary artists. Neville Wakefield edited an all-vellum section of video stills, Will McBride contributed a section called Manliness, and Mario Testino did Man at Work. More than one hundred …

Visionaire 37: Vreeland Memos, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Diana Vreeland

Visionaire

158 unnumbered leaves : facsimiles, portrait ; 28 cm + 1 case (24 x 30 x 5 cm), Title from unnumbered leaf 157. Textblock (lightly bound signatures) tied with red cotton ribbon and laid into envelope-style red editor's case with string-and-button closure. Foreword by Alexander Vreeland; biographical sketch by Harold Koda Consists of personal memos from Vogue Magazine editor Diana Vreeland to her staff. "One day a mysterious package arrived at the Visionaire offices. It was a large box containing more than four hundred original memos from Diana Vreeland to her staff at Vogue. The package had been sent to …

Floh, Tacita Dean, Martyn Ridgewell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

176 pages : all ill. (some color, folded). Title from cover. Contains photographs found by the artist in flea markets across Europe and North America. Library has copy no 2391 of an edition of 4000, signed by the artist.