"On Fragile Land" by Melissa Wagner-Lawler
Wagner-Lawler, Melissa. On Fragile Land. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Red Thread Letterpress, 2018.
"This book is a response to a previous artist book that I made entitled 'In the event of moon disaster'. That book used text and imagery from the Apollo 11 moon landing and used the speech that William Safire wrote in the event that the astronauts did not return to earth. This book is a response that acknowledges the moon landing deniers, but does not confirm their beliefs. The hidden texts are the deniers statements, while the primary text speaks to these deniers"--Author's accompanying information sheet.
"This book uses the fish bone fold structure and school book fold cover. Printed using relief and photopolymer letterpress. Cover image and earth image courtesy of NASA; text and other imagery by the artist"--Author's accompanying information sheet.
Melissa Wagner-Lawler, MFA, MCAD 2007.
See MCAD Library's catalog record for this book.
"On Fragile Land" by Melissa Wagner-Lawler
Wagner-Lawler, Melissa. On Fragile Land. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Red Thread Letterpress, 2018.
"This book is a response to a previous artist book that I made entitled 'In the event of moon disaster'. That book used text and imagery from the Apollo 11 moon landing and used the speech that William Safire wrote in the event that the astronauts did not return to earth. This book is a response that acknowledges the moon landing deniers, but does not confirm their beliefs. The hidden texts are the deniers statements, while the primary text speaks to these deniers"--Author's accompanying information sheet.
"This book uses the fish bone fold structure and school book fold cover. Printed using relief and photopolymer letterpress. Cover image and earth image courtesy of NASA; text and other imagery by the artist"--Author's accompanying information sheet.
Melissa Wagner-Lawler, MFA, MCAD 2007.
See MCAD Library's catalog record for this book.