Description
This book is the first in a series of publications that explores the idea of active reading and the physical, material book as an extension of the reading process. This run-on prose poem is intended to be read while walking, although it can be experienced in a stationary position as well. The book is ideally installed on a long shelving system that would span several walls of a gallery or related space. The book works as a tool for performance—it activates the reading experience and implicates the viewer further in the work. The text itself is about victimhood in contemporary culture. The letterpress printing from metal type offers a sense of permanence and impression literally into the page, and metaphorically into our collective experience.
Additional Information
| Title | No one wants to play the victim no one when there is a gun involved and blue |
| Artist/Creator | Inge Bruggeman |
| Artist's Nationality | United States |
| Place of Publication | Reno, NV |
| Additional Contributors | Laura Wetherington (author) |
| Printing/ Reproduction Process | Letterpress |
| Book Structure/ Binding Method | Accordion |
| Paper Stock | Butcher paper |
| Dimensions (WxH) or (WxHxD) | 12 x 3 x .5 inches closed |
| Publication Date | 2016 |
| Edition Size | 15 copies with 5 artist proof copies |
| Signed and Numbered? | Signed and numbered edition |
