MIRROR
By Marshall Weber and Dana F. Smith
2010, San Francisco, California
edition of 20 • out of print
MIRROR, is a series of photographic images with accompaning poetic text. The images take two forms: one is the form of a collaborative artist’s book, and secondly, a limited edition of giant prints for the wall. Created using images from the Frankfurt Book Fair of “Cosplayers” dressed as characters from DeathNote, Full Metal Alchemist, Hetalia, Naruto, Pokemon, and SailorMoon, A poem, written by Marshall Weber, serves as a sort of emotional subtitling for the cinematically influenced layout and design.
Handmade book published in an edition of 20. (out of print)
The MIRROR book resides in these collections:
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
- Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
- Bavarian State Library, Munich
- Book and Writing Museum of the German National Library, Leipzig
- Lyrik-Kabinett Library, Munich
- University of Miami, Florida
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota
- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
- The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California
- Boston Athenæum, Massachusetts
- Harvard University Art Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- San Diego State University, California
Giant MIRROR prints on display at BONGOÛT in Berlin