"The Skin Square, The Pupil Square; Dreams of Scientists" by Kyoko Matsunaga, 2017

Containers:

Drawer 27

Abstract:

This book is an anthology of seven scientists' nighttime dreams. Even though science has unlocked many of the mysteries of the natural world, dreams have been ignored despite the fact that most people, not excepting scientists, experience dreams on a daily basis. Meanwhile, it seems that the dream world has remained as a vast space where people can still protect their personal sphere of life in the age of the Internet. Each story can be read in accordion book form, and also unfolded into a large image that has no concept of time. On the reverse side there are various sleeping animals linked by woven twigs beyond the pages. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 10 x 10 x 10 cm + 1 small sculpture

Language:

English

Material specific details:

Digital print, letterpress. Beeswax, brass wire, hardy orange twig, cyanotyped old book page, hand-dyed momigami paper. Edition of 10 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches closed

Subjects:

Dreams
Scientists

Places:

Artists' books

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