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Words on the edge : Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss.

"[A] limited edition portfolio of poetry and lyric prose in broadside format, edited by Peter Rutledge Koch with contributing editors Edwin Dobb, Jane Hirshfield, and Jan Zwicky. The portfolio, consisting of twenty-six poems and lyrical texts addressing themes of nature and its irresponsible de...

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Other Authors: Atwood, Margaret, 1939-, Bass, Rick, 1958-, Berry, Wendell, 1934-, Bringhurst, Robert, Ní Churreáin, Annemarie, Coyote, Peter, Diaz, Natalie, Dobb, Edwin, 1950- (Editor), Duncan, David James, Gander, Forrest, 1956-, Griswold, Eliza, 1973-, Harjo, Joy, Hass, Robert, Hillman, Brenda, Hirshfield, Jane, 1953- (Editor), Hogan, Linda, Howe, Marie, 1950-, Kittredge, William, Lahey, Ed, Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-, McGiffin, Emily, 1980-, Ryan, Kay, Schanilec, Gaylord (Printer), Snyder, Gary, 1930-, Sze, Arthur, Zwicky, Jan, 1955- (Editor), Koch, Peter Rutledge (Editor, Printer), Tanahashi, Kazuaki, 1933- (Calligrapher), Dewinetz, Jason, 1970- (Printer), Seibert, Richard (Printer), Murphy, Jamie (Printer) (Printer), Reese, Harry (Printer), Reese, Sandra Liddell (Printer), Gotthold, Peggy (Printer), Van Velzer, Lawrence G. (Printer), Wagener, Richard (Printer), Pastotnik, Chad (Printer), Pascoe, Juan (Printer), Maret, Russell (Printer), Clayton, Norman (Printer), Reagh, Patrick (Printer), Elsted, Crispin, 1947- (Printer), Elsted, Jan (Printer), Rice, Felicia (Printer), Cohick, Aaron (Printer), Parrett, Aaron (Printer), Bruggeman, Inge (Printer), Bryan, Tara (Printer), Dern, Marie C. (Marie Christensen) (Printer), Clark, Jonathan, 1952- (Printer), Leech, Tom (Printer), Campbell, Carolee (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : The CODEX Foundation, 2019.
Subjects:
Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss (Project)
Nature > Poetry.
Nature in art.
Ecology > Poetry.
Ecology in art.
Environmental degradation > Poetry.
Environmental degradation in art.
Climatic changes > Poetry.
Climatic changes in art.
Artists' books > California > Berkeley > Specimens.
Letterpress printing > Specimens.
Climatic changes.
Environmental degradation.
Didactic poetry.
Prose poems.
Artists' books.
Broadsides > 21st century.
Broadside poems > 21st century.
Poems > 21st century.
Artists' books > California > Berkeley > 21st century.
Artists' books > 2019.
Online Access:Project website
Description
Summary:"[A] limited edition portfolio of poetry and lyric prose in broadside format, edited by Peter Rutledge Koch with contributing editors Edwin Dobb, Jane Hirshfield, and Jan Zwicky. The portfolio, consisting of twenty-six poems and lyrical texts addressing themes of nature and its irresponsible destruction, is a part of an international artist's intervention--EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss. Twenty-six notable poets, artists, and writers have been paired with an equal number of highly regarded letterpress printers from four countries; each has been invited to produce an editioned broadside/print especially for this portfolio. WORDS on the Edge will be sold to raise funds for the greater EXTRACTION project, which is sponsored by the CODEX Foundation as our commitment to art and the environment." --
"EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss is a multimedia, multi-venue, cross-border art intervention that will investigate extractive industry in all of its forms (from mining and drilling to the reckless exploitation of water, soil, trees, marine life, and other natural resources). The project will expose and interrogate extraction's negative social and environmental consequences, from the damage done to people, especially indigenous and disenfranchised communities, to ravaged landscapes and poisoned water to climate change and its many troubling implications." --
Item Description:Portfolio comprises title leaf (with additional text, "The Edge," by Robert Bringhurst on verso), table of contents leaf, with colophon on verso, and 26 broadsides. Broadsides printed by various printers; each is autographed by the author, some are numbered and/or autographed by the printers, as well.
"Words on the Edge is published in an edition of eighty portfolios by the CODEX Foundation for the Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss project ... Fifty numbered copies comprise the main edition. Twenty-six copies are designated P/P (A-Z) and reserved for the printers. Four hors de commerce copies reserved for exhibition and the CODEX Foundation archives are designated h/c (1-4)."--Colophon.
Calligraphic brush work on the portfolio cover and title page by Kazuaki Tanahashi. Housing constructed by John DeMerritt Bookbinding in Emeryville, California.
Issued in box.
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy contains a placeholder sheet for Cerro Rico by Emily McGiffin.
Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design collection by The Cushing Library.
Physical Description:1 portfolio (2 sheets, 26 broadsides) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; in box 48 x 32 x 3 cm
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.