Date
2008
Edition Size
unique
Media
Crayon, Graphite, Hand-painting, Ink, Monoprint, Natural Pigments, Rubbing
Binding
Cloth case, Hand-sewn
Format
Artist Book
Dimensions
12 × 8.5 in
Pages
22
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Publisher
Organik
Collection
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The University of Iowa (UI)
Artists / Authors: ORGANIK: Kurt Allerslev, Marshall Weber, Christopher K. Wilde
Binding: hand-sewn binding, cloth spine, wax rubbed cloth covers
Edition: unique, binding by Sara Parkel, dyed Nepalese paper.
Pages: 22, dimensions: 8.5 X 12 inches
Publisher: Organik, Brooklyn, NY
Media: aspiration, drawing, mono-printing, painting, and rubbings with black pepper, curry powder, graphite, ink, blessed ochre pigments from Australia, tumeric, wax crayon, and other media.
In Direct / House of Cards is another in a series of hopeful incantations in illuminated manuscript form by Organik.
Using a variety of handmade papers from around the world, with a dense handpainted environment for the experimental calligraphy of Weber to rest upon, the book is its own subject matter, a house of cards, a codex with a problematic love affair. The book addresses the reader directly. Almost two years in the making the book borrows a text from a song by the alternative rock band Radio Head written by lead singer Thom Yorke.
I don’t want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
No matter how it ends
No matter how it startsForget about your house of cards
And I’ll do mine
Forget about your house of cards
And I’ll do mineFall off the table,
Get swept under
Denial, denialThe infrastructure will collapse
Voltage spikes
Throw your keys in the bowl
Kiss your husband goodnightForget about your house of cards
And I’ll do mine
Forget about your house of cards
And I’ll do mineFall off the table,
And get swept underDenial, denial
Denial, denial