Ink and blood
By: Cathy DeForest
Contributors: Jubilation Press; Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition; Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Artists' Books Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: [Jubilation Press]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ashland, Oregon]
Language: eng
Subjects: Violence; Pictorial works; Booksellers and bookselling; Bombings; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Protest movements; Books and reading in art; Intellectual life; Social conditions; Censorship; Terrorism in art; In art; War and civilization; Vehicle bombs; Visual literature; Specimens; Artists' books; Civilization; Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition
Other titles: In memory of ink and blood.; In gratitude for Mesopotamia.; In honor of al-Mutanabbi Street.; In dedication to the Republic of the Imagination.
Description: "When I was ten years old, I was enchanted by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the Fertile Crescent. As I began my research on my book for the al-Mutanabbi Project, I wondered how we, as a civilization, had drifted from this rich viewpoint ... My intention is to also honor the men and women in all times and places who create art, in particular those who foster the growth of human wisdom through books and poetry"--Booklet.

"The Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition, founded by Beau Beausoliel days after the car bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad on March 7, 2007, was created as a response to the bombing of the ancient street of the scribes and booksellers. Along with 260 other book artists from 24 countries, I am privileged to contribute to this project and its traveling exhibitions"--Booklet.
Notes: Title from booklet.

Limited edition of 8, signed and numbered by the artist.

"Multiple background plates were made for each book, then hand-inked à la poupée and printed on Hahnemuhle German etching paper with an etching press ... [N]ineteen intaglio solar plates were created to contain the narrative of the book. The text plates were hand-inked ... for each book and then printed onto the background pages with an etching press. The font used for the English text is Koufiya LT, designed by Nadine Chahine, based on the early Kufi style popular in the Middle East from the seventh to tenth century ... The Arabic text is B Fantezy font. The covers of the books and the portfolio are made from archival tyvek, textured and hand painted ... The maps for each book ... are printed on Hiromi Niyodo Natural paper"--Booklet.

Artist's book consisting of four accordion-folded books and a separate colophon booklet laid in an archival tyvek four-flap wrapper with wrap-around ribbon closure. Each of the four accordion-folded books is sewn into an archival tyvek cover and wrapped in wax paper.

Gift; Beau Beausoleil; 2019-2020.
Table of contents: title: In memory of ink and blood; title: In gratitude for Mesopotamia; title: In honor of al-Mutanabbi Street; title: In dedication to the Republic of the Imagination.