Paradoxic Mutations

artists book Paradoxic Mutations opened up
front cover of the artists book Paradoxic Mutations

Title

Paradoxic Mutations

Subject

Studio Arts, Sociology/Anthropology

Description

This richly visual bookwork intersects the polarities between the past (modernist idealizations and paradoxes of truth, beauty, freedom) with the present's postmodernism hybridized climate of mutations and artificial simulations. Are the conventional intellectual and biological dimensions we have always known about to be invaded by a plague-like viral infection - to produce a novel, unpredictable species? Are we confronting a future where conditions of human origin are in danger of being replaced through technological strategies? Will we create cyborgs - half human, half machine - objects of fear because they are empty of a spiritual core, without knowledge, without wisdom and compassion? 'paradoxic mutations' explores the new frontiers where boundaries of the self, of memory, and of identity have been violated.
A special feature of this visual book is its fold-out character, opening out layer after layer of images which can be seen as a totality. When opened, the pages reveal more visual connections to each of five themes. When the book is turned over, a new set of images are presented for opening and relating to each other.

Creator

Lovejoy, Margot

Publisher

Center for Editions, Visual Arts Division, SUNY Purchase

Date

1994

Rights

Description from Vamp and Tramp http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/l/margot-lovejoy.html#sthash.j2Bfn15b.dpuf

Format

1 v. (unpaged): ill.; 13 X 23 cm.

Language

English

Barcode

35108007010572

Location and Call Number

DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.L68 .P37 1994

Collection

Citation

Lovejoy, Margot, “Paradoxic Mutations,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/196.