Jenny Yoshida Park

The substance of this book is a 10-foot-long drawing inspired by illustrations and diagrams from the Encyclopaedia Britannica. These have
been disarranged and reassembled in a Frankenstein mishmash of tectonic
plates from the world of knowledge. With its labeling of parts of diagrams, it is “factish,” but not factual. Eschewing logic, it instead celebrates the bounty and interconnectedness of available knowledge in the world. The meandering intricacy of the drawing in intimate scale allows the viewer to get immersed in the organic flow of objects and
beings.

The drawings in the book were letterpress printed from polymer plates created from digital scans of original drawings. Diagram labels have been handwritten on each copy of the book. The edition is limited to 40 signed and numbered copies in leporello bindings of Arches Text and
Japanese mulberry paper. Five of these are deluxe copies housed in
oversized clamshell boxes; 35 copies are housed in hard slipcases covered in handmade paste paper.

$850