Title from label affixed to box. Special Collections has copy number 13/20, signed by the book artist. IaU Stored in flip-top filing box (8 x 26 x 18 cm) with paper title label affixed to front. "Each book was designed, letterpress printed, and assembled by Sonia Farmer. The poems were digitally set in Centaur and printed from polymer plates, with the exception of the first poem, which is handset in Centaur lead type. Illustrations were made through a combination of pressure prints and various experimental photopolymer development techniques. All seven books were printed on Rives Lightweight. Each book is stored in a Tyvek envelope, which feature letterpress-printed numbers and poetic excerpts in handset Centaur lead type, as well as hand-applied red stain. An additional envelope contains an audio recording of Shivanee reading all seven poems. The envelopes are housed in a handmade box designed and assembled by Sonia Farmer in a limited edition of twenty copies in 2019"--Colophon sheet "Presented as a rape kit, each book is stored in a black Tyvek envelope with their corresponding numbers letterpress-printed on the outside flaps, and the first line of the poems on the inside of the flaps, as if they are numbered pieces of evidence with accompanying notes. The reader encounters a red stain on the inside when they lift the flap to remove the book"--Artist's website, viewed August 10, 2020
Contents:
VII. The open mic of every deya, burning. II. Nail it to the barn door where it happened -- III. You wait for five years, and then -- IV. The policeman in your throat -- V. The five count -- VI. Public holiday -- VII. The open mic of every deya, burning.
Summary:
"'The Red Thread Cycle'" (2019) provides gut-wrenching witness to the realities of sexual assault in the Caribbean region. The starting point for this work is a series of seven poems by Trinidadian writer Shivanee Ramlochan that appear in her first book of poetry, Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting (Peepal Tree Press, 2017)."--Artist's website, August 10, 2020
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1183038223
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.