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Tight trap: an annotated fraud
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Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Jones, Russell O
Title
Tight
trap
: an
annotated
fraud
Date
1994
Press(es)
OK Press
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged): col. ill.; 18 cm.
Description
"
Words
were
extracted
from
minutes
and
notes
taken
during
the
most
frustrating
of
meetings
with the
creep"--Colophon
.
Leaves
single-folded
at
top
edges
or
foredges
, or
accordion
folded
.
Hand
sewn
in
three
signatures
, the
whole
laid
in a
trifold
cloth
cover
closed
with
string
from
which
hangs
a
key
.
"
Tight
trap
is
set
in
Gill
Sans
. The
images
are
sketch
book
drawings
that were
manipulated
on the
Quadra
650
using
Aldus
Free-Hand
,
Photoshop
and
Quark
XPress"--Colophon
.
"
Beginning
with a
string
of
words
with
multiple
connotations
that
snake
down
a
page
emblazoned
with the
sinister
emblem
of a
double
rat
,
Russel
Jones
tells
a
personal
tale
of
aggravation
and
fraud
. On the
subsequent
pages
which
fold
out
of
signatures
sewn
into the
mountains
and
valleys
of the
book's
concertina
structure
,
each
word
in the
original
list
gets
its
full
dictionary
definition
. These
neat
columns
of
definitions
are
edited
and
embellished
with
quotes
and
notes
from the
minutes
Jones
wrote
during
his
meetings
with, as he
calls
him, "the
creep.
" In the
center
of the
book
lies
a
grisly
illustration
of
all
of the
frustration
and
anger
this
unfortunate
scenario
engendered
.
Bound
in a
slipcase
and
tied
up
with a
key."--www.printedmatter.org
Library
owns
numbered
copy
6
of
100
,
signed
by the
artist
;
dated
4/4/94
.
Letterpress
printing
.
Computer
printing
.
Book Type(s)
Artists' books
Folded books
Binding
Sewn fold binding - paper cover
Process/Technique
Computer application
Letterpress printing
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Jones, Russell O
Title
Tight
trap
: an
annotated
fraud
View
Cover
Image Description
The
title
"
Trap
" and a
key
on a
string
.
ImageID
artb43574A
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Tight trap: an annotated fraud
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