Our voice at the brink of the new millennium
Publisher: Xpress
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Bologna, Italy; Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Millennium celebrations (Year 2000); Conceptual art; Artists' books
Notes: Artist's book, printed as one continuous strip (made of several attached sheets), folded accordion style to form 22 leaves.

" ... born as a series of gestural line drawings that capture body movement over a background of music staffs. These lines were translated into thoughtful phrases by volunteers from nine cultures and united to create a collective poem about the millennium. Each phrase was recorded onto a cassette in its original language. The lines, words and language sounds were studied by Barbara Valentino as the basis for her vocal improvisation, recorded onto compact disk ... "--Colophon on four-fold case.

Limited edition of 200.

Accordion-style binding by XPress, black cloth covers with printed white paper labels; in four-fold case of white paper, printed interior and exterior labels, bottom label covered with Mylar.

Purchase; Irene Woodbury; 1 March 2002; 2001H-113; $250.00 (P&GA Art Reserve fd.).

Copy no. 22 of 200 copies.

Prospectus ([1] p.) removed to curatorial files.

Bound in original black cloth covers and four-fold white paper case, as issued; in case, 19 x 27 cm.