Printed on cream colored paper with a fleur des lys pattern is a running list, in two columns and covering 21 pages, of all the wars that have taken place since the year 1 A.D. Representing peacful times are perpendicular lines. The accordion fold operates vertically if you wish to read the names of the wars and their dates which are printed in tiny font. Issued in palin cardboard wrap around portfolio with a label on the cover and velcro closings., On the front page, below the title is printed: "Years with No Acts of 'OPEN AND DECLARED ARMED HOSTILE CONFLICT' Are Indicated with a Perpendicular Line. Perhaps They Were Periods of Peace."
Handprinted block prints on library checkout cards, gouache, mulberry paper, brads, type. Bound in found vintage cover. Each book in the edition varies with the discarded library cards used. Slipcased in a manila folder. Orange overdue book card in pocket, numbered and initialed by the artist. Jacket is from a copy of: The world of the viruses / Stewart M. Brooks. Arist Statement: Drawings of people reading made during my daily commute are translated into block prints and hand-printed onto discarded and collected checkout cards. The commuters engaged in their own private world intersect with book titles and signatures of past readers. The office materials used to construct each book imply tasks workers are bound for. The nostalgia of the old cards suggest a history of the changing methods of reading.
