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Come in to frower

Item date(s): 1998

Oskar Pastior - (text by)
Veronika Schäpers - (book artist)

Pages: unpaged
Size: 165mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist.
Edition: VII / XV

Place publication: Tokyo, Japan
Publisher: Veronika Schäpers
Exhibition 2022

Additional notes:
"A short onomatopoetic text by Oskar Pastior in which every letter »R« has been deleted. The text is illustrated with photographs taken in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1997/98, all showing the letter 'R' instead of an 'L' The first picture of this kind, a pink cushion printed with the slogan 'come in to frower,' provided the title for the story."

Reference note:
Ten page concertina. Inkjet print on bicchu-ganpi paper. Folded cover made from ganpi paper. The images are taken from photographs shot in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1997 / 1998. Typography and Photoshop layout are done by Silke Schimpf, Berlin. The cover is printed with an image taken from a piece of fabric from which the title derives. Cover and concertina are connected with clear acrylic rods. Case made of corrugated cardboard in red, pink or silver (this one is silver) in the shape of a purse (handbag). 11 x 16cm. 35 Arabic numbered copies signed by all participants. 15 Roman numbered copies signed by Veronika Schäpers.

Exhibition notes:
Creative Research: The Artists’ Books of Veronika Schäpers, Robbin Ami Silverberg and Julie Chen JBCBA, WAM

22 September to 15 December 2022

Ref: GB/11389