| Title | light, contour, & exciting the cell |
| Artist / Creator | Nif Hodgson |
| Press Name | subtext press |
| Artist's Nationality | United States |
| Place of Publication | Glendale, CA |
| Publication Date | 2019 |
| Author of Text | Nif Hodgson |
| Process / Technique | Letterpress, screenprint, foil stamp, hand binding |
| Structure / Binding | drum-leaf binding |
| Medium / Materials | Letterpress, screenprint, gampi, peach-fuzz textured paper, hand-backed silk, translucent lexan film |
| Paper Stock | Surface gampi (white), Curious Touch paper (milk) |
| Number of Pages | 28 |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 4.25 x 7.5 x .5 inches |
| Edition Size | Variable edition of 33 |
| Box / Wrapper | Duplexed phase folder with a translucent slipcase |
| Signed & Numbered | Signed & Numbered Edition |
light, contour, & exciting the cell by Nif Hodgson
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light, contour & exciting the cell reflects on the transforming nature of light and its ability to reveal, suggest, and change what and how we see.
The drawings collect shadows from unseen objects that fall across unremarkable forms to create fleeting structures that do not exist. If not for the unique light and orientations in that moment, these locations and elements would have gone unnoticed.
Matte ink is screenprinted on reflective gampi to create tonal inversions that highlight the flipping of the senses. The Venus, New Caledonia, and Copperplate Light typefaces are a nod to vintage pocket atlases and their ‘definitive,’ ‘accurate,’ and ‘complete’ surveys of the known world.
As individual observations are varied and unique, every print is varied and each collection is unique.
The drawings collect shadows from unseen objects that fall across unremarkable forms to create fleeting structures that do not exist. If not for the unique light and orientations in that moment, these locations and elements would have gone unnoticed.
Matte ink is screenprinted on reflective gampi to create tonal inversions that highlight the flipping of the senses. The Venus, New Caledonia, and Copperplate Light typefaces are a nod to vintage pocket atlases and their ‘definitive,’ ‘accurate,’ and ‘complete’ surveys of the known world.
As individual observations are varied and unique, every print is varied and each collection is unique.
Artist Bio
Born in Washington, D.C., currently residing in Los Angeles, and living more than a dozen places in between, nif explores the landscape of a ‘sense of place’ through ideas on perception, time, memory, light and phenomenology. She received a BA in English from UT Austin, and an MFA in Printmaking from San Francisco State University, where she graduated with honors and the Murphy, Cadogan, & Phelan Fellowship. nif’s work is in numerous public collections, and has been exhibited internationally. Her artist books and collaborations are published under the imprint ‘subtext press,’ and explore how we perceive space, duration, what may be overlooked, and what doesn’t need to be said.