Service- a trilogy on colonization
Object number1980.0453
TitleService- a trilogy on colonization
Creator Martha Rosler (vervaardiger)
DescriptionThis is a book of three novels and one translation: "A Budding Gourmet", "McTowers Maid," and "Tijuana Maid": three short novels address the social uses of food (the third told in both Spanish and English). In their original form the novels were sent through the mail as postcard series, one card about every five to seven days.
Mail both is and isn't a personal communication. But whether welcome or unwelcome, it thrusts itself upon you, so to speak, and must be dealt with in the context of your own life. Its immediacy may allow its message to penetrate the usual bounds of your attention. A serial communication can hook you, engaging your long-term interest (intermittently, at least). There was a lot of time and mental space around each installment of these novels, time in which the communication could unfold and reverberate. So, they are long novels, and slow ones...
Mail both is and isn't a personal communication. But whether welcome or unwelcome, it thrusts itself upon you, so to speak, and must be dealt with in the context of your own life. Its immediacy may allow its message to penetrate the usual bounds of your attention. A serial communication can hook you, engaging your long-term interest (intermittently, at least). There was a lot of time and mental space around each installment of these novels, time in which the communication could unfold and reverberate. So, they are long novels, and slow ones...
Production date 1978
Production period20e eeuw
Object namekunstenaarsboeken
Object categorykunstenaarsboeken
Materialfotopapier, kopieerpapier
Techniquefotograferen, fotokopiëren
Dimensions
- hoogte: 12.5 cm
pagina-aantal: 128