Tikilluarit
Roni Gross, Peter Schell , USA
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Roni Gross/Peter Schell - Z'roah Press - New York, USA, 2013 Tikilluarit speaks to the fact that language is irrepressible. The book will not lay flat. It is an intimate work that takes its scale from the human body, and contrasts it with the little known culture of Greenland, which could easily stand for any culture which is foreign to us. Learning another language means understanding the foundations of a culture, its evocative past as well as its aspirations for the future. It requires a sensitivity to the body and its ability to make sounds. Beginning on a potentially violent note, the book provides a window into the desires and frustrations that come along with learning, and spreads out to include the natural world. Tikilluarit is the word for welcome in Kalaallisut, the native language of Greenland. Materials: calfskin binding, Mitsumata paper, letterpress printed text, waxed linen wrap. Typography, printing and binding style by Roni Gross, bound by Biruta Auna, waxed linen wrap by Peter Schell. Text is the poem by Nancy Campbell, The Hunter Teaches Me To Speak. A publication of Z'roah Press. Roni Gross is a book artist who trained first as a musician and then as a choreographer. She is interested in the theatre of the book, its pacing, the music of language, and the resonance of colour. She has been issuing multiples for 24 years under the imprint Zitouna, and limited edition letterpress printed books which are collaborations with the sculptor Peter Schell under the press name Z'roah. Roni Gross co-published The Vandercook Book, with Barbara Henry, in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Vandercook press and a show of its contents traveled the country. She currently teaches at The Center for Book Arts and has done workshops at Penland, Pratt and The New School. Her work is in the collections of The New York Public Library, The Library of Congress, Harvard, and many other public and private collections. rgd6@verizon.net www.ronigross.com |