Ah, what an age it is
When to speak of trees is almost a crime
For it is a kind of silence about injustice!
Bertolt Brecht
The accordion structure opens to reveal peaceful nature images paired with Brecht's frustration words before the seemingly unstoppable advance of wrongdoing in the society of his times. As we unfold the book in our times and we face the timeless mute nature images, his words become a never more relevant cry against barbarians.
Title: Ah, what an age
Text: Bertolt Brecht from An die Nachgeborenen
Materials used: Canson Infinity paper.
Binding: Accordion.
Size: 1 sheet (accordion-folded, in folder); 13 x 10 cm.
Production: Inkjet printing/printed at Latitude, Chicago, Illinois.
Year of completion: 2018.
Collections: in the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection at SAIC.
Edition of ten.