Rain/Fall
Title
Rain/Fall
Subject
Environmental Studies, Studio Arts
Description
8 x 7.75"; 20 pages. Letterpress printed and laser-cut at Small Craft Advisory Press, Florida State University. 9 bound volvelles. Printed on Legion Bamboo paper. Bound in red book cloth. Numbered.
Promotional statement: "Through laser-cut rotating wheels (volvelles) Rain/fall proposes a new poetic form determined by weather data, where each page contributes two lines to a poem assembled by the reader in accordance with the local forecast. Designed by Denise Bookwalter and fabricated at Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University, the book is part of a hybrid project: a companion app, engineered by Meg Mitchell at the University of Wisconsin, and available free of charge on Apple’s App Store, performs the same function digitally, accessing local weather data through GPS.
"While the digital affordances of the app are possible only with recently developed mobile devices, the book incorporates a mechanical computing technology devised by Persian astronomers in the 11th century. Together, the two versions dramatically illustrate expanded possibilities for the book form, both physical and digital, and the radical changes in literary practice that publication with new media can now enable." - See more at: http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/Center-for-bk-paper-arts-Chicago.html#sthash.bycwAuvB.dpuf
Promotional statement: "Through laser-cut rotating wheels (volvelles) Rain/fall proposes a new poetic form determined by weather data, where each page contributes two lines to a poem assembled by the reader in accordance with the local forecast. Designed by Denise Bookwalter and fabricated at Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University, the book is part of a hybrid project: a companion app, engineered by Meg Mitchell at the University of Wisconsin, and available free of charge on Apple’s App Store, performs the same function digitally, accessing local weather data through GPS.
"While the digital affordances of the app are possible only with recently developed mobile devices, the book incorporates a mechanical computing technology devised by Persian astronomers in the 11th century. Together, the two versions dramatically illustrate expanded possibilities for the book form, both physical and digital, and the radical changes in literary practice that publication with new media can now enable." - See more at: http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/Center-for-bk-paper-arts-Chicago.html#sthash.bycwAuvB.dpuf
Creator
Bookwalter, Denise & Mitchell, Meg
Publisher
Small Craft Advisory Press
Date
2015
Rights
Description from Vamp and Tramp http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/Center-for-bk-paper-arts-Chicago.html#sthash.bycwAuvB.dpuf
Format
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (partly color) ; 20 x 21 cm
Denison's copy is no. 33 of 50
Denison's copy is no. 33 of 50
Language
English
Barcode
35108007512767
Location and Call Number
DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.B665 R35 2015
Library catalog URL
Collection
Citation
Bookwalter, Denise & Mitchell, Meg , “Rain/Fall,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/349.