| Title | The Record |
| Artist / Creator | Anne Covell |
| Artist's Nationality | USA |
| Place of Publication | La Mesa, CA |
| Publication Date | 2017 |
| Process / Technique | Letterpress printed with sumi wash and hand brayering |
| Number of Images | 8 |
| Structure / Binding | Modified accordion |
| Medium / Materials | Sumi ink |
| Paper Stock | Masa |
| Number of Pages | 16 |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 4.25 x 6.5 x .25 inches closed. (42.5 inches open) |
| Edition Size | 60 (Variable edition artist book) |
| Box / Wrapper | 4 flap paper wrapper |
| Signed & Numbered | Yes |
The Record by Anne Covell
$500.00
On January 20th, 2017, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. That same day, the official White House website (whitehouse.gov) began the digital transition to archive and replace Obama’s policies with those of the new administration. Immediately, people began to notice that key issues such as health care, education, and immigration were nowhere to be found. Keyword searches for terms such as “climate change,” “LGBT,” and “civil rights” all returned 404 errors. Even more conspicuously, the Spanish-language version and the disabled-accessible version of the site were no longer available.
Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library that has been archiving webpages since 1996, captured 167 snapshots of whitehouse.gov that day. This book records the last snapshots taken of Obama’s policies before they came down, the 404 errors that followed, as well as the Internet Archive timestamps for when the information was last available and when it disappeared.
Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library that has been archiving webpages since 1996, captured 167 snapshots of whitehouse.gov that day. This book records the last snapshots taken of Obama’s policies before they came down, the 404 errors that followed, as well as the Internet Archive timestamps for when the information was last available and when it disappeared.
Artist Bio
Anne Covell is a book artist and hand papermaker living in San Diego, CA. She received her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship. She has studied Asian and Western papermaking techniques with Timothy Barrett, and has taught for numerous professional organizations including the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Penland School of Crafts, and the University of Georgia study abroad program in Cortona, Italy, among others. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be seen in over 40 special collections libraries and museums worldwide.