Limited edition of 35 copies, signed by the artists. "Figure Study is a collaborative project with David Allen, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Middlebury College. This book enables a quick and compelling comparison of population data for every region on earth. Using estimates prepared by the US Census Bureau, which are available through their International Data Base, we created population pyramids for every region and paired them up to create abstracted human forms. A thick-waisted form indicates two populations with a large older population that lives to quite advanced age. Narrow-waisted figures represent the combination of two populations with very few elderly people. Asymmetrical bulges to the left or right indicate a higher male or female population for particular age segments"--http://mcbaprize.org/bryant. "All 114 of these figures have been printed from linoleum onto drafting film and are housed together alongside a grid. The figures are each numbered and can be interpreted using a booklet containing an alphabetical and numerical index, as well as a short essay by David Allen about our process and the source of the data. The design of the enclosure encourages the viewer to layer the forms to create different combinations of shape and color. This process and the resulting imagery is initially reminiscent of elaborate dresses, paper dolls, and dissection plates, but the source of the data gives a different picture, laying bare the vast and critical differences between the basic equations of life in different parts of the world."--http://mcbaprize.org/bryant. "This book was designed, letterpress-printed, and bound by hand over two years ending in 2015. The text was set in Adobe Garamond Pro and printed from polymer plates onto Arches Velin and Zerkall paper. The enclosure was designed and bound by Sarah Bryant in Ginga book cloth ... Of 35 copies, this is number ..."--Colophon. In slipcase as issued. Includes bibliographical references and index.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)914499621
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.