Prince Lindworm
New York: Marianne R. Petit, 2024. Hardcover. One of 10 copies. A set of 28 tunnel books following the Danish Folk Tale, Prince Lindworm, with corresponding text printed on the backs of each book. In the tale of Prince Lindworm a queen births twins - one in the form of a lindworm and the other as a perfect human boy. Prince Lindworm demands to be wed, but all of the maidens presented to him are horrified by his appearance, so he devours them. Finally, a shepherd's daughter tricks him into shedding his skin repeatedly until at last his human form is revealed.
In addition to the 28 tunnel books, this magical collection includes a video player with a pre-loaded 14-minute digital animation featuring the sound and music of Michael Lawson. Digital archival prints on Moab Bright White Paper. Each tunnel book is 6 x 7.675 x 1 inches (when open). All 28 books as well as the video player and a charger are housed inside a box.
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.
[My] 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 #37465
Price: $2,000.00