Various Effects of Coffee on the Body / Levi Sherman

Identifier:FA.B121.2290

Dimensions:Closed: 2 x 2 in; open: 2 x 16 in; Closed: 5.08 x 5.08 cm; open 5.08 x 40.64 cm

Creation dates:2013

Subjects: Accordion books, labor, laborers, offset printing, photography

Description:Miniature accordion book with text and images of coffee laborers printed offset on Mohawk Superfine paper. "'Various Effects of Coffee on the Body' was created in 2013 using re-photographed images of coffee laborers found in Chicago coffeehouses as part of Columbia to Colombia, which can be found at columbiatocolombia.com. Set in Bell Centennial by Mathew Carter and offset printed at the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago." -- colophon "'Various Effects of Coffee on the Body' explores the idea of labor while comparing and contrasting consumption and production. Coffeehouse images of hard manual labor are used to illustrate a narrative surrounding coffee’s (and caffeine’s) physiological and psychological impact on the consumer, drawing analogies between personal addiction and cultural dependency." -- artist's statement