Title from page [4] of cover. Limited edition of 30, issued in matching case. Pigment inkjet prints; triangle-shaped pages. "Cover quote, George Gordon, Lord Byron, poet, 1788-1824; Milky Way photo courtesy of NASA--JPL; mythological constellation forms from Uranographicarum by Johannes Hevelius, 1687, courtesy of the US Naval Observatory;1674 portrait of Ptolemy from University of Cambridge Starry Messenger website, other star gazer images from A tutor to astronomy and geography by Joseph Moxon, 1674, and Seaman's secrets by John Davis, 1657"--Case page [3]. "Star poems presents quotes that document response to the night sky across the ages by philosophers, artists, and poets from Plato and Byron to contemporary writers, scientists and astronauts. This text is paired with 17th century mythological images of constellation forms and images of early star gazers on a background of a NASA photograph of the Milky Way. The book can be held in the hand and read page by page like a traditional book, can be removed from its jacket and unfolded flat to reference historical astronomical charts or contemporary NASA composite photos, or can be folded into an infinite variety of sculptural shapes"--Artist's website. Library copy is #18 in an edition of 30, and signed by the artist. IaU
OCLC:
(OCoLC)233032955
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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