Louise Odes Neaderland
Edition over runs by book artist members of the International Society of Copier Artists. Each box contains a different assortment of books created by twenty different artist for inclusion in the June Bookworks Issues of the I.S.C.A. Quarterly of Xerographic Prints and Books.
20 Small xerographic bookworks in a box measuring 9 x 5.5 x1.5 inches, open edition, each box contains a different assortment of books. $20
Handcrafted tissue box containing a random selection of folded leaves of newspaper items in four different languages. News items, ads, obituaries, classified ads, comics , etc., each have the same weight and value in our media and in our society. The contents of this box yellows and disintegrates over time, but a side flap can be opened to refill the box with items of your choice. This is an existential history of the world. 6 x 5 x 2 inches, edition of 125. $20
Newly created book form opens into a black star shape. Pop up center in each double page opens into a multi layered black hole. Each page has different informations about the universe and black holes, with a cautionary note, “The search for the invisible requires sustained obsession.” 5.5 x 4 inches closed, open edition, $35
The envelope contains an article about dark matter in space, and a card stock puzzle ( 4 x 7 inches) of the slaughter in Sarajevo. The title is spelled out in black vinyl letters on the black envelope, intentionally difficult to read. Open edition, media xerox and rubber stamp, black clasp envelope, 9 x 6 inches. $8
Hand crafted pill box filled with confetti and a ballot with hanging chads. Text on the box warns “CAUTION: Keep out of the reach of children”, and ” DIRECTIONS: Take with a grain of salt as needed .” Xerox, edition of 125,- 3 x 1.5 x .5 inches. $8
The single word HELP grows louder or softer, larger or smaller in this flip book. The word HELP appears on the lower deckle edge. The one page text reads: “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.” Henry David Thoreau: Walden 1. Offset, edition of 200, 5 x 4 inches. $10
Fan yourself with a nuclear breeze. The text “THIS IS ONLY A TEST, THIS IS ONLY A TEST ” appears across the top of the opened fan, as a nuclear explosion is revealed. Red tasseled slip case 8 inches long, 10 pink card stock segments open into a 14 inch fan. ” Caution…Flammable, handle with care” is printed on the slip case, Xerox, edition of 125, reprint. $12
This book opens out into a free standing circular Civil War cemetery. The book was inspired by a 1995 news item about a special clock and digital counter at the Imperial War Museum, in London. Started in June 1999 and programmed to end at midnight 2000. It counted the one hundred million people who have died from wars in the twentieth century, the bloodiest century in recorded history. Xerox, modified tunnel book, closed 6.5 x 6 inches, edition of 50. $35
The clash between Sumerian and Twenty-First Century warfare is achieved with juxtapositions of ancient text and warriors, and modern soldiers marching between the guardian dogs of the Ishtar Gates as a tank terrifies a child and fires at a statue of an ancient god. The text speaks of war and prophecy. Xerox, accordion fold, 8.5 x 5 inches closed, opens to 48 inches, edition of 150. $12
A pop up card which opens to reveal a black hole at the center of our universe. Text: Vast Hole in Space may Test Theories. 2nd Revised open Edition, xerox and rubber stamp, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. $4
Statement
For the past twenty-eight years I have been using the copier to create and edition my books , of which there are now more than sixty-five. The copier has allowed me to be in total control of the creative and publishing process at a cost I could afford. The downside of this method is that the distribution and sale of those books was also up to me. Fortunately, there are now several bookstores and galleries to which one can turn for that service.
My most popular workshop is called, Multiples and Mantras. That was a very accurate description of my approach to creating xerographic books. “In the beginning…” there was a machine which could produce copies of a single image, instantly. That workshop limits each student to choosing a single image, with some text, from a newspaper or magazine. Each student prints twelve copies of that clipping, and “meditates” upon it to create a visual narrative, in an accordion fold form, from those twelve copies.
I am committed to books that say something about the human condition. I was born in Brooklyn in 1932, and trained as a painter, printmaker, and photographer at Bard College( BA)and State U. of Iowa (MFA). I have traveled widely, and received a number of grants, National Endowment for the Arts( Bookmaking), and fellowships , Huntington Hartford Foundation (Printmaking). Almost all of my work deals with political, social, and existential issues. My work is represented in many private and institutional collections both here and abroad ,and has been exhibited in numerous venues over the past thirty years.
Biography
I was born in Brooklyn, in 1932. After numerous moves necessitated by the post depression economy, we settled in Flatbush, Brooklyn. I attended Midwood High School , received my BA from Bard College, and my MFA in Printmaking from the State U. of Iowa where I studied with Maurizio Lasansky.
I am married and have 2 children. In 1982 I founded the International Society of Copier Artists. More than 1000 artists contributed work to the assemblage project, the I.S.C.A. Quarterly of xerographic prints and artists books. The Quarterly holds the distinction of having been the longest running assemblage project in the world. The last issue of the Quarterly appeared in 2002. I have taught many workshops in xerographic bookmaking, and also taught English as a Second Language for the ILGWU, Brooklyn College, Kingsborough College, Mercy College, and the Borough of Manhattan College. Bookmaking for ESL students was one of my prime focuses. Each student kept a diary in English and used family photos to illustrate their lives.
