The watcher.
"Craig C. has been watching trains for the parking lot of The Old Mill since 1983. He confessed he watched trains obsessively, without missing a day for 11 years and 6 days. ...To Braig, trains symbolize the hands of a clock, dictating the passage of time. Over time the act of seeing transforms...
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| Other title: | David H. Tippit Collection. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Local Note: | Rare Books Collection copy David H. Tippit Collection. |
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The Basement Window,
©2019.
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| Summary: | "Craig C. has been watching trains for the parking lot of The Old Mill since 1983. He confessed he watched trains obsessively, without missing a day for 11 years and 6 days. ...To Braig, trains symbolize the hands of a clock, dictating the passage of time. Over time the act of seeing transforms into a structural mechanism, meant to re-integrate thought and action. The ritual of seeing functions alongside the ritual of notation. Meaning is found upon the experience of seeing and is represented through undeciphered notation. Over time the notations are transmuted into analytic structure and organized chronologically. They become the direct physical object of Craig's obsession with time. Photographically I employ a similar approach, one that is mimetic to Craigs [sic]. Through systematic repetition I've constructed a ritualistic approach to making photographs of Craig watching trains."--Artist's statement, leaf [119] |
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| Item Description: | Title, author, and publication information and date from colophon. Accordian fold with sewn signatures. In slipcase. "Edition of 11 + 2 AP. Photographed, designed, and bound by hand by Terry A. Ratzlaff / The Basement Window"--Colophon. |
| Physical Description: | 119 unnumbered leaves : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Ownership and Custodial History: | Rare Books Collection copy David H. Tippit Collection. |