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artists' book project by Katja Pál

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Welcome to RANDOM ORDER – my first artist’s book.

This project was originally designed for the Liber Mundi exhibition series curated by J. Pascoe.

I have to admit, however thrilled, at first this artist’s book stuff appeared as ‘a mission impossible’. Being primarily a painter, most of my artistic work deals with visual/geometrical illusion on a two-dimensional surface. It was a special challenge to step out of this painting like thinking, and incorporate the idea of sequences into the created work.

To me A BOOK, as an object, is something (quite) personal; not only to the person who created it, but also to its potential reader or the future owner. I believe that the gesture or the need of holding a book in our hands enables the development of a unique, personal relationship with it. Holding a book is kind of the same as owning it; being in control of it.

This is why my attempt here was to construct a book that is not only an item being reproduced, but is rather a visual diary designed for each participant of Liber Mundi individually. Each piece or book of the collection is an individuum, and they together form one whole – one art piece.


+ What you see here is a series of 18 books with 32 drawings, bonded by the use of the same idea i.e. making of process, yet (slightly) different in their actual content.  


CLICK HERE FOR THE RULES OF THIS PROJECT 
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To that inner Child!

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Last but not least I would like to thank everyone who helped me along this creative journey. However I think I need to expose few name anyway:
J. Pascoe, thnx for including me into this exhibition series! Other Liber Mundi participants, thnx for your patience! Norbi, thnx for mastering the cameras! Milko, thnx for your quick responses while my web errors! Gábor, thnx for checking my writings! Adrienn, thnx for the plus one notebook! Adrián, thnx for the opinion!

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