marking temporary
marking temporary
May 2024 A quiet meditation on the momentary experience of time and its illusory nature, marking temporary offers a minimalist approach for contemplating states of being, and how they can expand and contract as we refocus our attention. The book invites a playful openness for the viewer to make meaning from the vast open spaces, large fields of color gradations, and sparse text.
By Robin Price in collaboration with Jolene Leuchten, press intern 2021, marking temporary emerged from spontaneous exploratory practices together, often in long periods of silence, and is informed by Buddhism, kundalini yoga, and living in the shadow of environmental collapse.
The tall and thin hybrid accordion book, housed in a celadon cloth-covered box by Lisa Hersey, is printed letterpress in eleven colors, including five large gradations. The primary ink color, used for the 10 pt Fortune extra bold type, matches the pale book cloth. Box interior features handwriting in silver pen. With Johannot paper, warm grey museum board covers.
16 x 6 inches; 13 pp; edition of 50 with five APs; 2024
Pictured here: prototype made from rejected edition sheets