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Illuminating the Non-Representable
  • ISSN: 2052-0204
  • E-ISSN: 2052-0212

Abstract

This portfolio presents works by Imi Maufe and Hilde Kramer. Both projects were part of the multi-year artistic research project, led by Kramer, University of Bergen. The filmed performance, , explored the concept of the semiophor (a semiotic shift by recontextualization). , a performative artist book, challenged how illustration can represent stories of profound human suffering. It focused on a specific historic event where over fifteen thousand people were deported to their deaths, between 5 and 12 September 1942. Works include a large glass-cased book and performances with its pages in public, a film and an exhibition that included letterpress pamphlets and object illustrations.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • HKDir NARP. IN-R (Award PKU-2020/10033)
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B-O-O-K: Exploration of the performative aspects of book design and the potential of three-dimensional illustrations
Journal of Illustration 11, 297 (2024); https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.1386/jill_00097_7
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Keyword(s): artist book; genocide; letterpress; non-representable; object illustration; performance; remembrance; Wielka Szpera

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