Research Catalog

Title

Personal paradigms : a game of human experience / [designed and produced by Julie Chen].

Author

Chen, Julie.

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. : Flying Fish Press, c2003.

Supplementary Content

Publisher's description

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Details

Additional Authors

• McDevitt, Elizabeth.
• Flying Fish Press. pbl

Description

1 game : paper, hardboard, plastic, metal, wood, cloth; in box 28 x 39 x 12 cm.

Summary

• Title from label on box lid.
• "The object of this game is ... to have the player create a meaningful abstract composition on the game board based on the examination of one area of his or her life ... and to have the player participate in an ongoing collaborative documentary book project by recording his or her composition in the ledger book"--Rules of play, p. [2].
• "All elements were letterpress printed except for the pages of the ledger book which were offset printed by Coast Litho in Oakland, California. The various game pieces and game box were lasercut and otherwise fabricated at the press. Special thanks to Mary Chadwick for assisting with the printing and binding, and to Elizabeth McDevitt for editing"--Colophon.
• In 2 pockets on inside of lid: "Spinner" (board disk with printed paper label and rotating arrow) and "Rules of play" (user's guide: 6 p. of letterpress on sheet folded accordion-style, attached to board covers; 17 cm.). In upper compartment of box: game board (letterpress-printed design on 4 sheets mounted on connected cloth-covered boards; unfolds to 54 x 77 cm.) and "Ledger book" (184 p. of offset-printed forms and game board diagrams; 18 x 27 cm.). In 4 drawers below upper compartment (2 labeled "Marker shapes"; 2 labeled "Arrows, life markers, self markers" and "Templates, text strips, die"): the game paraphernalia. There are 18 board marker shapes, 15 metal arrows, 8 plastic "life markers," 1 "self-marker," 2 plastic templates, 36 wooden text strips, 1 die, 1 pencil sharpener and 3 colored pencils.

Alternative Title

Game of human experience

Subject

• Chen, Julie
• Self-perception
• Board games > Specimens

Genre/Form

Artists' books – United States – 21st century.

Note

• "Edition of 100 copies"--Colophon, on first of 2 board sheets joined with a cloth hinge mounted inside upper compartment of box.

Binding (note)

• Issued in cloth-covered box with hinged lid. Box, user's guide, game board and ledger book are covered with gold-brown Japanese book cloth; box is trimmed with light golden satin, which is also used for pockets inside lid and spine of ledger book. Printed paper labels of orange and blue paper on box, drawer fronts, pockets, user's guide, game board and ledger book. Front flap of box lid is secured with a lozenge-shaped piece of board with an incised arrow, which rotates on a metal post on box front.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2003 13-38

OCLC

54674388

Author

Chen, Julie.

Title

Personal paradigms : a game of human experience / [designed and produced by Julie Chen].

Imprint

Berkeley, Calif. : Flying Fish Press, c2003.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 45; signed by Julie Chen.

Binding

Issued in cloth-covered box with hinged lid. Box, user's guide, game board and ledger book are covered with gold-brown Japanese book cloth; box is trimmed with light golden satin, which is also used for pockets inside lid and spine of ledger book. Printed paper labels of orange and blue paper on box, drawer fronts, pockets, user's guide, game board and ledger book. Front flap of box lid is secured with a lozenge-shaped piece of board with an incised arrow, which rotates on a metal post on box front.

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Publisher's description

Place of Publication

United States California Berkeley.

Added Author

McDevitt, Elizabeth.

Flying Fish Press. Publisher

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2003 13-38