Father Gave Water (Baabaa Aab Daad) [بابا آب داد] / Golnar Adili

Father Gave Water (Baabaa Aab Daad) [بابا آب داد] / Golnar Adili

Books


FA.SA2.3045
7 x 6 x 1.5 in. (17.5 x 14.8 x 4 cm) (closed)
2020
Center for Book Arts Workspace Artist-in-Residence 2017
Golnar Adili
Roni Gross, Biruta Auna
Language and education
Edition 11 of 25 plus 5 artists' proofs. Signed.

Multi-panel hard-cover artists' book. Letterpress printed with one tipped-in color illustration. Three felt panels have slots cut to hold small wooden blocks which can be rearranged into Persian letters. Printed by Roni Gross, foil stamping by Biruta Auna. 

"بابا آب داد (Baabaa Aaab Daad)- Father Gave Water is an homage to language and tactility inspired by my toddler's wood blocks and my love for the Persian language. This phrase, Baabaa Aab Daad made of wood block modules is translated to "Father Gave Water" which is the first sentence first graders learn in Iran. The reason for this is that it has very basic sound and lettering using the A, B, and D (the first letters in the Persian alphabet which is similar to English being an Indo-European language)"--The artist, via https://www.isprojectsfl.com/shop/father-gave-water, accessed 3/27/2023. 

A copy of this artists' book and prototypes showing the design process were exhibited at Center for Book Arts, Jan 14–Mar 26, 2022, in an exhibition titled Father Gave Water/Baabaa Aab Daad: An Homage to Childhood, Persian, and Process.