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Details
OPEN YOUR BOOK!, risograph on paper, hand-bound, softcover, 10.5 x 14.8 cm, 50 pp., Team Trident Press, Manchester, UK, Oct. 2022, edition of 50 copies, £7 + shipping, concept: Bruno Neiva, design: Lisa Lorenz
Description
Don't judge a book by its pages!
Taking the cue from colouring books for adults and their therapeutic properties, OPEN YOUR BOOK! is an unopened book with uncut, blank pages, especially designed for you to relax, with ease of use and effectiveness guaranteed. Whenever you’re feeling stressed or anxious, all you need to do to pull yourself back together is rip open a few pages with your bare hands.
Printed with AQUA rice ink and a RISO MZ 1070 on G.F. Smith Colorplan Hot Pink & Accent Recycled.
Publication history
A Physical Book Which Compiles Conceptual Books by Various Artists: Possibly Undermining Their Conceptual Commitment to Dematerialization, but Also Sparking Unforeseen Juxtapositions and Insinuating the Works into New Situations, Partial Press, Columbia, MO, USA, Nov. 2022
Related work
OPEN YOUR BOOK! under Text
Reviews
Recent Reading February 2023: A Review, Billy Mills, Elliptical Movements, Feb. 2023
References
Thinking Books, College Book Art Association, Carley Gomez and Levi Sherman, Aug. 2023