Classification of a Spit Stain – Ellie Ga

Posted in Uncategorized on January 5th, 2011
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Classifications of a Spit Stain – Ellie Ga

Classification of a Spit Stain is the result of Ellie Ga’s two-year project photographing and analyzing stains on city pavements throughout the world. Accompanying the photographs is a classification system which organizes the stains according to various qualities such as substance and longevity. A combination of urban flaneurie and garbology, Classification of a Spit Stain is a mysterious field guide to the landscape underneath the soles of our shoes. The original version of this artist book, made in an edition of twenty-five copies, is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, Yale University, Brown University, and UCLA’s Dickson Library, among others. This trade edition was produced in response to sustained interest.

This book was funded in part by grants from the NEA and from the Jerome Foundation (via CLMP).

Hardcover. 64 pp, 6.75 x 8.5 in.
Published by Ugly Duckling Presse

D 19.90€

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Robert Walser – Answer to an Inquiry

Posted in illustration, literature, Motto Berlin store, Uncategorized, writing on December 30th, 2010
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Answer to an Inquiry – Robert Walser

“You ask me if I have an idea for you, sir, you ask me to draft a sketch, a play, a dance, a pantomime, or something else that you could use, that you could abide by.…”

The Swiss author Robert Walser’s Answer to an Inquiry is a short work written in the form of a letter. Walser assumes the voice of a great man of the theater responding to an aspiring actor’s request for advice. The young actor is given very simple, practical suggestions on how best to perform absolute anguish. This new edition, featuring a new translation accompanied by more than 40 drawings is a collaboration between translator Paul North and artist Friese Undine. Answer to an Inquiry should serve as a practical handbook for anyone wanting to convey deep suffering.

Illustrator: Friese Undine
Translator: Paul North
Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse
Hardcover.

D 15 €
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