New York: Marianne R. Petit, 2020. Hardcover. Number 3 of 20 copies. An anti-personality book drawn from workplace encounters. According to the artist, this project "began with a long list of 'personalities' built over numerous meetings and encounters." She then asked her friends to choose one 'personality' from the list and record themselves demonstrating it. The undesirable personalities depicted include the smartest guy in the room, the silent (and delighted) bystander, the bully, the compromised coward, the shallow prophet, the constant schemer, the intentionally marginalized, the opportunist, the palpably ambitious, the hypocrite, the self-aggrandizing narcissist, the insufferable bore, and more. Using the video clips received, the artist used 8 - 12 frames to create short animations which she then produced in two formats: a set of cards and a swatch book. Each of the 21 printed cards features a movable waterfall sequence that can be manipulated to show an animated sequence of one of the personalities. They are digitally printed with archival ink on Moab paper. The personality swatch book features single images of the same undesirable personalities, and is meant to be viewed with a companion augmented reality (AR) app, through which the 21 short animations can be accessed. This limited edition set includes the 21 hand-assembled waterfall cards plus the open edition swatch book. Readers are encouraged to download the artist's AR app in order to view the digital animations that work with the swatch book. Following are links for downloading the free app: ANDROID / GOOGLE PLAY: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MarianneR.Petit.PersonYouDontWantToBe
IOS / APP STORE: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/person-you-dont-want-to-be/id1500287968
An innovative, modern artist's book that explores workplace dynamics and relationships. Each card is about 12 x 5.5 inches. The swatch book is 8 x 2 inches. The collection is housed in a brown paper covered box with the artist's calling card adhered to the front panel.

Marianne is "an artist and educator whose work explores fairy tales, anatomical obsessions, and collective storytelling practices through mechanical books that combine animation and papercraft. My interests are in combining technology, traditional book arts, and sequential storytelling to create new forms of narrative for the 21st century. [Her] artwork has appeared internationally in festivals and exhibitions, been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Make, and Wired, and broadcast on IFC and PBS. My movable books can be found in numerous museum and library collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the British Library, the Berlin Public Library, Boston Library, as well as numerous University and private collections. [She is] an Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s ITP and IMA (Interactive Media Arts) Program located in the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. I am a co-founder of the Interactive Media Arts Program at NYU Shanghai and I also serve as an Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning for the University. I received the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016" (artist's statement). ARTB/061522. Fine.

Item #35653

Price: $1,000.00