Volume documents bound periodicals and journals in public libraries. Most of these publications are being replaced by their online counterparts. Several titles photographed in the process of this project have been destroyed. Searching endless rows of utilitarian text, I am struck by the physical mass of knowledge and the tenuousness of printed work as it fades from public consciousness.
The act of hunting for and photographing these objects is fundamental to my process. I do not touch, light or manipulate the books and words—preferring to document them as found in the stacks, created by the librarian and positioned by the last unknown reader. I focus on simple, provocative titles that transcend the spines on which they appear to create conceptual, language-based, anthropological works.
Recent works in this series are multiple panel installations, called Collocations. Collocation is defined as "the act or result of placing or arranging together, specifically: a noticeable arrangement or conjoining of linguistic elements (as words)."
by Mickey Smith
archival pigment print
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Jen's newsletterThese prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a luster finish.
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This print was produced as part of a pair. The artist recommends collecting both prints and framing to the edge of the image. The sister print is titled Collocation No. 14 (NATURE) Left Panel and when side-by-side, appear as below:
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