altered books
"to germs" an altered book
Artist
Title Year Medium Support Height Width Depth Edition Number Colophon |
Jack Oudyn
"To germs" 2014 Artist Book/altered book Original book Cover: waxed and scratched filled with red pigment.Test tube with blue gelatine, scews and clamps,felt and chinagraph pencil.Timber stand 145mm 110mm 3mm 1 |
"Thin Ice"
Artist
Title Year Medium Support Height Width Depth Edition Number Colophon |
Jack Oudyn
"Thin Ice" 2014 Artist Book/altered book Original book, cover: sanded and scratched perspex, test tubes, graphs and charts inserted and acrylic paint 145mm 110mm 3mm 1 “Thin Ice” The original novel by Alan Ford has been altered and transformed into an artist book about global warming and climate change. Only the original title remains, covers and contents altered for the new context. The cover has been incised and painted to show a cracked surface revealing the hot core inside. It is covered in matt Perspex to refer back to the title while the insides cut away and replaced by test tubes filled with small graphs and research material from “The Copenhagen Diagnosis” dealing with carbon dioxide emissions, global warming and sea level predictions. This material is stored in test tubes to emphasise that it is of scientific origin and not a matter of belief. The test tubes can be removed to allow the text to be read if required. |