Down the Rabbit Hole
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DETAILS
Artist:
Tara Bryan
Press: Walking Bird Press
Document Type: Tunnel Book
Category: With Video
Date: 2005
Dimensions: 14.6 x 14.6 cm
Call Number: N 7433.4 B73 A6 D69 2005
Video:
Direct Video Link
Notes:
You will have to get off your chair to experience this tunnel book fully, since it compels the reader to literally go down a metaphoric rabbit hole while reading. Once you follow the instruction to “pull” apart the bow made of cord and “lift” the handle made of a bent branch, you can read the text that frames each square hole. These are cut in diminishing sizes and offset. The resulting effect of falling creates a dizzying experience while reading until the “thump! thump!” at the bottom assures you that the descent is over. The text, composed of excerpts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, suddenly comes alive, for the reader feels what Alice must. The sides are printed using colourful and fanciful linocut on hand-made Japanese Kiritsubo paper, and the cover flaps are made of Thai Bamboo paper with grass compressed within. This use of plant life in the construction of the book invokes a real rabbit hole.
Text record edited by Silvia Russell at 2010-04-13 10:08:30
Press: Walking Bird Press
Document Type: Tunnel Book
Category: With Video
Date: 2005
Dimensions: 14.6 x 14.6 cm
Call Number: N 7433.4 B73 A6 D69 2005
Video:
Direct Video Link
Notes:
You will have to get off your chair to experience this tunnel book fully, since it compels the reader to literally go down a metaphoric rabbit hole while reading. Once you follow the instruction to “pull” apart the bow made of cord and “lift” the handle made of a bent branch, you can read the text that frames each square hole. These are cut in diminishing sizes and offset. The resulting effect of falling creates a dizzying experience while reading until the “thump! thump!” at the bottom assures you that the descent is over. The text, composed of excerpts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, suddenly comes alive, for the reader feels what Alice must. The sides are printed using colourful and fanciful linocut on hand-made Japanese Kiritsubo paper, and the cover flaps are made of Thai Bamboo paper with grass compressed within. This use of plant life in the construction of the book invokes a real rabbit hole.
Text record edited by Silvia Russell at 2010-04-13 10:08:30
