The fork's tale: as narrated by itself
Accession Number
Z0.13
Title
The fork's tale : as narrated by itself
Alternative Title
As narrated by itself
Author
Jelinek, Alana
SAIC Affiliation
None
Object Dimensions
12 v . : ill . ;
Description
“An artist's book serialized over one year and published in chapters each month echoing a nineteenth century paradigm in publishing by authors such as Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins… A site-specific intervention into the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology at the University of Cambridge , 'The Fork's Tale ' is the story of the relationship between collections , collectors and the collected written from the point of view of a nineteenth century Fijian cannibal fork . The cannibal forks… are highly contested artifacts… meant to be material proof of past savagery [though] many are known to have been made specifically for an early tourist trade in native curios and have never touched human flesh… The complexity of these stories… is explored… including the humor involved in the encounter between Fijians and Europeans.” – statement from the artists . Each chapter is a separate signature and includes drawings and a fictional autobiography from the point of view of a cannibal fork ; touches on themes of animism , colonialism , ethnography , anthropology , archeology , and speculative history . Notations are expressed through experimental typography. ; Text by Alana Jelinek , designed by Marit Munzberg .
Language (Term)
English
Language (Code)
eng
Publication Dates
2013
Publisher
LemonMelon
Place of Publication
London, England
Contributors
Munzberg, Marit
LCSH Subject Headings
Artists' books--Australia Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology--Ethnological collections Material culture--Fiji
Binding
Boxes (containers) Smyth sewing
Printing/Production Method
Risograph
Publication Format
Serials (publications)
Visual Analysis
Colors Illustrations Text (layout feature)
Literary Format
Bibliographies
Production Format
Books
Object Category
Artists' books
ISBN
9781908260130
File Format
JPEG
Genre
artists' books (books); journals (periodicals)
File Size
4537508 Bytes
Digitization Specifications
The original object was photographed with a NIKON D810 digital camera at 300 ppi as a camera raw file (NEF). The NEF file was converted first to a digital negative file (DNG) before final conversion to the TIFF format in Adobe Photoshop. A 300 ppi JPEG file limited to 1024 pixels on the long dimension was then added to the CONTENTdm database.
Rights Statement
For rights information please contact Special Collections at the John M. Flaxman Library.
Date Cataloged
2016-01-22
Collection Name
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
OCLC number
942765177
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