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Maker:
Keith Dietrich, born 1950, South Africa  Search this
Medium:
EPSON UltraChrome inks on Innova Smooth Cotton High White 220 gsm
Dimensions:
Volumes in slipcase: 27.4 x 26.1 x 8.8 cm (10 13/16 x 10 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
Type:
Book and Manuscript
Geography:
South Africa
Date:
2007
Series:
5/14
Label Text:
Opening up these elegant double gatefold pages—one to the left, one to the right—reveals a 40-inch-wide aerial view of a southern African mission station. Two hundred years ago this landscape would have appeared quite different with no straight roads cutting through the sparsely populated terrain.
Keith Dietrich superimposes a computer-generated circular maze over the site of the mission station. A path of red—a metaphor for the “river of blood”—symbolizes the missionary presence established here and evokes the often brutal encounters indigenous peoples suffered at the hands of colonizers and missionaries.
Description:
3-volume artist’s book in a single slipcase by Keith Dietrich. Satellite images of landscapes and sparse settlements predominate. Single grey-colored slipcase with title in red type, artist’s name in white type on the front; volume numbers written in Roman script in red font on spine of each volume, with the name of the publisher – The Strange Press – listed in word order along bottom spine of each of the volumes. Published and printed by The Strange Press. Stellenbosch. South Africa. 2007. Vol. I – 36p., Vols. 2 & 3 – n.p. Set in AvantGarde Bk BT. Printed with EPSON UltraChrome inks on Innova Smooth Cotton High White 220 gsm. Printed by Heléne van Aswegen. Bound by Arthur Woodman and Heléne van Aswegen with black glossy paper. Black endpages. Title in red on front cover. Volume 1 – Introductory text. Volume 2 – continuous photographs with double-page openings. Volume 3 – continuous photographs, bound accordion fold within covers. Matching black slipcase with title and details across cover. No. 5 in an edition of 14 signed sets.
Published and printed by The Strange Press. Stellenbosch. South Africa. 2007. Vol. I – 36p., Vols. 2 & 3 – n.p. Set in AvantGarde Bk BT. Printed with EPSON UltraChrome inks on Innova Smooth Cotton High White 220 gsm. Printed by Heléne van Aswegen. Bound by Arthur Woodman and Heléne van Aswegen with black glossy paper. Black endpages. Title in red on front cover. Volume 1 – Introductory text. Volume 2 – continuous photographs with double-page openings. Volume 3 – continuous photographs, bound accordion fold within covers. Matching black slipcase with title and details across cover. No. 5 in an edition of 14 signed sets.
Volume 1 – Introductory text. Volume 2 – continuous photographs with double-page openings. Volume 3 – continuous photographs, bound accordion fold within covers. Matching black slipcase with title and details across cover. No. 5 in an edition of 14 signed sets.
Exhibition History:
Artists’ Books and Africa, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, September 16, 2015-September 11, 2016
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High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/
Credit Line:
Museum purchase
Object number:
2014-8-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© 2007 Keith Dietrich
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Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7c52e539e-26ee-4075-b9ca-4130accab018
EDAN-URL:
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