The World Turned Upside Down / Sarah Nicholls

Identifier:FA.B81.1883

Dimensions:9 x 6 in; 22.86 x 15.24 cm

Creation dates:2016

Subjects: Accordion books, history, letterpress printing, pamphlet bindings

Description:Pamphlet part of the Brain Washing from Phone Towers Informational Pamphlets series. Letterpress and woodcut on French paper. Accordion fold. Edition of 200. "This pamphlet was printed on an industrial era machine. The type I used to compose this text was cast on an industrial era machine. These machines are coveted because they remind us of a time when people belonged to unions, worked in factories, and made objects using skills which we associate with something noble. But thes [sic] machines are obsolete, and the companies that made them no longer exist. The skills I have learned to produce this pamphlet will not come back to widespread use. I enjoy using these skills, and these machines, but it is important to keep these facts in mind." -- colophon "The World Turned Upside Down is the third Informational Pamphlet for 2016. The third pamphlet of 2016 addressed truth, fiction, the sound of type in your head, and the history of pamphleteering itself. Is the end nigh? How can one identify a witch? What is globalism? These questions are posed, but probably not answered." -- artist's website