Fault Lines
Mary Tasillo, USA
| Fault Lines;
Mary Tasillo, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 2012 Fault Lines began with a text. This text weaves together multiple narratives of conflict and an attempt to reconcile oneself with the existence of violence, both at physical and emotional levels. It takes as a premise that all violence is related to oppression, which may take its form in censorship, in a bombing, in domestic violence, in barbed words. It also takes as a premise that we are all connected, that blood runs through all human veins, as rivers run through all parts of the earth. Layered text in the background, in both English and Arabic, describes the 2007 bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street - but a relatively illegible overlapping of letters reflects the jumble of an explosion, of conflict, of obscured messages. The paper river running through the book replicates twists and turns of both the Delaware River near my Philadelphia home and the Tigris River. Ultimately, the text both responds to violence in the interest of peace and acknowledges that some conflict (non-violent, please) may be necessary to achieve and maintain freedom of voice. Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 3/8 in closed, 20pp.; Accordion book: relief printing (woodcut, linocut, polymer, pressure printing), collage, on artist made variable paper (pigmented flax or abaca with screenprinting) Mary Tasillo is a Philadelphia-based artist who works primarily in paper, print, & book media. As part of the collaborative Book Bombs project, her practice extends into the street. Mary's books and prints are owned by collections both public and private. She teaches workshops around the country and also writes about hand papermaking and book arts for publications such as Journal of Artist's Books, Hand Papermaking Newsletter, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mary is co-founder of The Soapbox: Independent Publishing Center, Director of Seeds Gallery, and columnist and Outreach Coordinator for Hand Papermaking. mary@citizenhydra.net www.citizenhydra.net |