CONCEPT FOR BOTH MATERIAL

AND ELECTRONIC VERSIONS

OF “RIVER OF SHADOWS”:
BODY ACTS AS OPERATOR (ELECTRONIC)
AS WELL AS MACHINE (MATERIAL VERSION)
FONT CREATED FOR BOOK,
BASED OFF OF CARTER’S
“WALKER TYPEFACE”
MATERIAL VERSION OF BOOK IS CREATED AS IF THE BODY WERE A MACHINE.
TEXT IS DESIGNED ON A COMPUTER, BUT PRINTING METHOD IS DONE BY HAND.
PAPER IS TREATED BY HAND TO BECOME PHOTOSENSITIVE. HAND BOUND.

18” x 22” Watercolour Paper

treated to produce Cyanotypes
when developed

ELECTRONIC VERSION IS CREATED TO USE THE BOOK AS

AN OPERATOR. WHILE VISUALLY SIMILAR, THE TEXT
INCLUDES A SYNTHESIZED RECORDING
OF THE PAGE, AS WELL AS COMMENTARY.