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Pukapuka tohunga mahi toi /

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Clouds, ©2009.Description: 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780958298155 (pbk.)
  • 0958298157 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Pukapuka tohunga mahi toi is the fifth in his series of limited edition artist's books titled Carte de artist. The process involves a mapping of the city in which Knorr collects pieces of rubbish on the street. This material is then interleaved into the blank pages of the books and pressed by a 200-ton press, embossing the objects into the paper itself"--Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Special Collection Special Collection Whitecliffe Library Staff office Special Collection Fine Arts Box 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Special Collection-Library Use Only 0012593

Numbered and signed by the artist (no. 94/168).

Includes: 1 leaf, 1 silver and yellow wrapper, 1 piece clear plastic, 1 broken orange pencil, 1 copper bracelet, 1 acryllic green leaf, 2 rusty bottle caps, 1 cancer council daffodil, 1 soft drink can, 1 electrical wire soldered on to rectangular piece of metal, 1 plastic bottle circular seal, 1 pink plastic straw, 1 small square of gold cardboard (packaging), 1 small plant, 1 heavy duty black battery wrapping, 1 DVD documenting the making of the book.

"Pukapuka tohunga mahi toi is the fifth in his series of limited edition artist's books titled Carte de artist. The process involves a mapping of the city in which Knorr collects pieces of rubbish on the street. This material is then interleaved into the blank pages of the books and pressed by a 200-ton press, embossing the objects into the paper itself"--Publisher's website.

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