The book To The Sunlit Uplands, 2016, is a collection of sayings, largely invented by me, gathered together into a book of questionable advice about living, which deserved to be ignored.
After the book was printed and hand-bound, I made a video of me turning the pages. Then the book was wrapped in a wax-dipped cloth, sealing it closed. It can now only be read by watching this video. The book was then presented as part of an archive, set into a hand-made solander box, entitled Silence.
To the Sunlit Uplands, 2016: video, 2mins 55 secs; featuring a hand-bound book, stencilled and digitally-printed pages, bookcloth cover, drumleaf binding; 10.5cm x 15cm closed.
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Silence, 2016: solander book containing hand-bound book; board, glue, bookcloth; 23cm x 31.5cm x 5cm
Silence, 2016: interior view of solander box showing hand-bound book ‘To the Sunlit Uplands’ wrapped in wax-dipped cotton fabric
To the Sunlit Uplands, 2016: hand-bound book, stencilled and digitally-printed pages, bookcloth cover, drumleaf binding; 10.5cm x 15cm closed
