THE SLAPDOWN
Book concept and drawings by Damara Kaminecki, text by Jeremy Schmall.
Production design by Mark Wagner and Sara Parkel with Amy Mees, printed and bound by Sara Parkel and Cat Glennon with Jamie Munkatchy.
Edition of 50, 10-3/4 x 8-1/2 x 3/4 inches.
Hard covers wrapped in red Iris linen bookcloth, foil-stamped title. Flag-book binding with letterpress printed Perma Dur concertina spine and 2-ply die-cut museum board flags. Housed in a gray painted wood and bookboard slip case with blind and black foil-stamped title. 16 flag pages (with 37 printed surfaces), signed by artist and author.
The Slapdown uses both the kinetic and auditory aspects of the flag-book structure to create a flurry of thwacking and smacking hands. Printed on both sides of the hands, the text assembles and reassembles in a Mad Lib of curse and cuss. Both poetry and construction evoke the dog-eat-dog tension and petty backstabbing of the cramped urban environment.
$400 plus $10 shipping and handling within US and Canada.
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$400 plus $16 shipping and handling to Asia/Europe/Australia overseas.
