Posts Tagged ‘bethanien’
Tischblumenbilder
Tischblumenbilder (‘Tableflowerpictures’) is the third and final of my recent publications in German. It reflects on the declension of adjectives in the German language (or as Mark Twain would say, ‘The Awful German Language’). The book consists of words found in an instruction table that presented declensions of three nouns with adjectives. I stamped these phrases by hand, thereby causing fluctuations from phrase to phrase and from booklet to booklet, mimicking the constant flow of word form variations that German presents due to the required identification of grammatical case, number and gender. The pairing of two phrases on each page also causes subtle shifts of meaning.
Realized at Künstlerhaus Bethanien during a residency awarded by the Mondriaan Fonds.
Stamped with archival black ink, booklet size 11 x 19 cm, 24 pages.
Edition limited to 50 numbered copies.
Priced at € 24,- plus shipping. See some images here.
Published in Berlin, 2015.
Mein Buch
Another new book that I released is Mein Buch (‘my book’). It reflects on the declension of possessive pronouns in the German language and consists of stamped words which are all declensions of the word ‘mein’ (German for ‘my’ or ‘mine’). The stamping causes fluctuations from word to word and from booklet to booklet, mimicking the constant (and to the novice learner bewildering) flow of word form variations that German presents due to the required identification of grammatical case, number and gender.
Realized at Künstlerhaus Bethanien during a residency awarded by the Mondriaan Fonds.
Stamped with archival black ink, booklet size 11 x 19 cm, 24 pages.
Edition limited to 50 numbered copies.
Priced at € 24,- plus shipping. See some images here.
Published in Berlin, 2015.
On press
Today is stamping day for the first of two new books that were inspired by my confusions with regards to German grammar. Japanese ink meets Italian paper in an expression of German grammar through stamps cut in the UK. The books will be launched at Miss Read in Berlin June 26-28. For more info see Mein Buch and Tischblumenbilder.
Residency in Berlin
Starting in April I’ll be working at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. The residency was awarded by the Mondriaan Fund.
If you are ordering books in the coming months and are very rushed, please email me first since there may be slight delays in shipping. If you’re in Berlin and would like to see work or discuss life, go ahead and use that email form too.
Elisabeth Tonnard 