El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño.
A collaboration with Cubans ages 12 to 77 reflecting upon the changing relations with Cuba and the United States. Cuba is difficult to grasp as a foreigner and for Cubans it is often a mystery. The Chinese whirlwind binding of El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño is a book structure perfect for the island of Cuba. When rolled it presents concentric circles reminiscent of the hurricanes that sweep over the island and when opened layered information is revealed. The 1970’s Cuban atlas pages are screen-printed with illegible text that moves from the dark blue of deep water to light green of shallow water at the beach, pushing the flagpoles adjacent to the U.S. Embassy against the spine of the book. These flagpoles were raised in 2006 to protest the U.S. policy against Cuba during the G.W. Bush administration. The palimpsests of faint snapshot images create an ambiguity of vision. Layered between these pages are the printed text to two questions asked of Cubans ages 12 -72 in January 2015 shortly after opening of relations between Cuba and the U.S. What are your expectations for the future? Do you have any concerns with how the U.S. and Cuba can work together? The answers range from apprehension in the eldest to a desire of a 12-year old student ready to meet the world. Serigraphy by Steven Daiber on a 1979 Cuban atlas. Printed at the Taller Babalu Ayé, Havana Cuba. Published by Red Trillium Press
El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño.
El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño.
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El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño.
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El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño.
Whirlwind binding with Kyoseishi Sora paper
2015 Edition of 6 with 1 artist proof. $2400
A collaboration with Cubans ages 12 to 77 reflecting upon the changing relations with Cuba and the United States.
Cuba is difficult to grasp as a foreigner and for Cubans it is often a mystery. The Chinese whirlwind binding of El que vive de ilusiones muere de desengaño is a book structure perfect for the island of Cuba. When rolled it presents concentric circles reminiscent of the hurricanes that sweep over the island and when opened layered information is revealed. The 1970’s Cuban atlas pages are screen-printed with illegible text that moves from the dark blue of deep water to light green of shallow water at the beach, pushing the flagpoles adjacent to the U.S. Embassy against the spine of the book. These flagpoles were raised in 2006 to protest the U.S. policy against Cuba during the G.W. Bush administration. The palimpsests of faint snapshot images create an ambiguity of vision. Layered between these pages are the printed text to two questions asked of Cubans ages 12 -72 in January 2015 shortly after opening of relations between Cuba and the U.S. What are your expectations for the future? Do you have any concerns with how the U.S. and Cuba can work together? The answers range from apprehension in the eldest to a desire of a 12-year old student ready to meet the world.
Serigraphy by Steven Daiber on a 1979 Cuban atlas.
Printed at the Taller Babalu Ayé, Havana Cuba.
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