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Bottom of the lake = Fond du Lac

Title

Bottom of the lake = Fond du Lac / Christian Patterson.

Publication

[Köln] : Koenig Books, [2015]
©2015

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Use in library	TR647.P3955 A4 2015	Off-site

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Description

12, 68, 175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 28 cm

Summary

Bottom of the Lake is a 256-page facsimile of the artist's family's telephone book for his hometown of Fond du Lac, printed in 1973, soon after his birth. The book includes found markings and reproductions of inserted materials, along with Patterson's own drawings, photographs and marginalia. Bottom of the Lake is a book within a book that carefully combines the original, found, fact-based phone book with the artist's highly subjective re-imagination of his hometown; it playfully juxtaposes different documentary forms and ways of seeing to create a deeply personal, darkly humorous other book. In addition, the experience of the book is extended beyond its pages by an interactive feature -- a telephone number attached to the book that connects users with over 100 experiences mixing field audio recordings, found archival audio and performances that re-imagine and re-create the artist's hometown.

Alternative Title

Fond du Lac

Subject

Genre/Form

Artists' books.
Altered books.
artists' books (books)
photobooks.
Photobooks
Altered books
Artists' books
Pictorial works
Photobooks.
Livres d'artistes.
Livres de photographies.

Note

Cover title.
On cover "Fond du Lac" is crossed out. On spine "Fond du Lac Telephone Directory February 1973" is crossed out.

ISBN

9783863357702
3863357701

LCCN

9783863357702

OCLC

ocn922715719
922715719
SCSB-1838684

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library