They did not know that the books were already in our head
By: Becky Slemmons
Publisher: [Becky Slemmons]
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Synagogues; Artists' books
Other titles: Pages
Description: "I created a book of glass pages. I chose to make a book that cannot be burned and demands respect in handling. The material also references Kristallnacht, "the night of broken glass," occurring on September 9-10, 1938. The amount of glass destroyed on Jewish property on this night was equal to the amount of glass that Belgium (then Germany's glass supplier) could produce in half a year. Accordingly, all the blue glass used in the piece has been sent to me from Brussels. The position of the blue dot on each page corresponds to the location of each synagogue in relation to the other eleven synagogues, as they would fall on a map of Berlin. The imagery on the cover is that of the restored stained glass windows of Berlin's Oranienburger Synagogue."
Notes: Title from artist statement; date of publication and physical description from bookseller website, accessed January 9, 2017.

Includes audio CD of pages turning in synagogues in Berlin, Germany.

Edition of 5.

Kiln-fired and cold-worked glass, etched cover, hand-dyed linen coptic-bound artist's book.

Rare Book copy: No. 1.