“Slipstream” – Artist’s Book

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Commissioned as the inaugural artist’s book for the new Soper Creek Chapbook Studio and with the financial support of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, this inaugural bookwork project was written, designed, and produced by Ingrid under her imprint ARKITEXWERKS. It was launched on September 22, 2011 at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington in Bowmanville, Ontario, with the original 20-piece textwork also on display. Copies are housed in the VAC’s permanent collection.

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Deluxe limited edition of 25 copies (SOLD OUT), 5.75″ x 8.5″, 52 pages, softcover, produced, numbered and signed by the poet-artist, printed on acid-free archival 111 lb. (180 gsm) Canson Cà grain paper, with inserts of acid-free Canson tracing paper, bound in signatures and hand-sewn with waxed linen thread, glued to an inner cover of Strathmore 400 series Artagain and wrapped (with French flaps) in Bockingford watercolour paper.

Standard edition*, 5.75″ x 8.5″, 52 pages, softcover, produced by the poet-artist, printed on acid-free archival Mohawk Eggshell Superfine, bound in signatures and hand-sewn with waxed linen thread, glued to an inner cover of Strathmore 400 series Artagain and wrapped (with French flaps) in Strathmore 400 series Ridge ‘Cinnamon Red’ paper. A handful of copies are still available. Please inquire for pricing.

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“SLIPSTREAM grew out of rough notes for a more extensive narrative I began in 2007, documenting the passage of eighteen hours during a single day – a series of moments and the view from a 19th-century manor-house window overlooking Lake Ontario, captured each hour on the hour. Eventually, by imposing the structure and temporal nature of traditional Japanese haiku poetic form, I distilled the real and imagined journey into this poem sequence. It evolved word by word, image by image, into a contemplation of time, change, memory, absence, and acceptance.

Two years after completing the sequence, I decided to transpose Slipstream from the private page to a more public visual form, one I’ve termed a ‘textwork’, which combines language with image to present an experience that is more intricate and hopefully richer. … This artist’s bookwork is the final interpretation of Slipstream, reproducing in a smaller form the original text and much of the art. From manuscript to poem sequence, to textwork, to book, the words remain a study of time and transformation.”