Limited edition of 25 copies. Library copy is A.P. 3 and signed by the artist. IaU "After is about the life of the book in the digital age and the transitory nature of all things. It's structured in two sections using a dos-a-dos binding. The first section features photos of ghostly afterimages left behind on the glassine sheets protecting plates in a 1929 art history catalog. The real world intrudes at the end of the first section when a thumb appears in the image. As the reader flips to the second side of the dos-a-dos, the imagery pivots to include afterimages of different kinds from the outside world. The text in the book is a blackout poem I created using a sequence of poems by 15th-century Japanese Zen monk Ikkyu as the source text. The original sequence-titled Skeletons-is an extended exploration of the same transitory theme as After. I letterpress print the Ikkyu poems in their entirety from polymer plates before creating the new, book-length blackout poem by brushing over certain words with a combination of sumi ink and gold calligraphy ink."-- http://abecedariangallery.com/store/shop/josh-hockensmith-after/, October 30, 2018.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1059521114
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.