Light Blue Desire A Manual for the Color Blue |
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| Author:
| Duzant, Magali |
| Artist:
| Duzant, Magali |
| Adapted by:
| Duzant, Magali |
| Designed by:
| Schlenker, Elana |
| Produced by:
| Conveyor Editions, |
| Editor:
| Labey, Christina |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9908016-9-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
| Publisher: | Conveyor Editions
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Light Blue Desire investigates the power, failure, and fluidity of language. The project, in its current incarnation as an artist book, lyrically maps the amorphous definition and meaning of the word blue across languages. The collection of idioms reveals a compen- dium of contradictions; concepts around a color that is both high and low, peaceful and pornographic, melancholic and manipulative, and consistently voted the world's favorite color. How and why does blue seep into our...
More DescriptionLight Blue Desire investigates the power, failure, and fluidity of language. The project, in its current incarnation as an artist book, lyrically maps the amorphous definition and meaning of the word blue across languages. The collection of idioms reveals a compen- dium of contradictions; concepts around a color that is both high and low, peaceful and pornographic, melancholic and manipulative, and consistently voted the world's favorite color. How and why does blue seep into our speech, color our thoughts, lap into our languages?