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Kora, Clifton Meador

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Summary
Artist's book created by Clifton Meador, celebrating the preservation and xylographic printing of Tibetan "sutras" in the great printing temple, Derge Parkhang, located in Tibet, in western China.
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
34 p.
Note
  • Colophon: ""These pictures were taken at the Dege Parkhang, a printing temple located in Ganze Autonomous Prefecture in western China, in August of 2006 ... This book is part of a larger project about the Parkhang developed by Patrick Dowdey, without whom these pictures would have been impossible. Kora was printed at the Center for Editions, Purchase College, on Mohawk Superfine. The film and separations were produced at the Center for Book & Paper at Columbia College Chicago ... The figures are line drawings from the photographs, now converted into a font, so the pilgrims have literally turned into language, at least in this book..."
  • Issued as 17 loose leaves, stacked as in a traditional Tibetan book structure between red-brown cloth-covered boards; upper board screen-printed in silver in Meador's font developed from his photographs of pilgrims; title printed in capitals and in Meador's font, in silver and black respectively on light olive-green cloth-covered rectangular title panel, inset into recessed niche on upper board; wrapped in orange Tibetan cloth, bound with striped cloth ribbon
  • "Produced in an edition of 50 copies and 10 artist's proofs..."--Colophon
Instance
Label
Kora
Title
Kora
Statement of responsibility
Clifton Meador
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Artist's book created by Clifton Meador, celebrating the preservation and xylographic printing of Tibetan "sutras" in the great printing temple, Derge Parkhang, located in Tibet, in western China.
Cataloging source
RSS
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • photographs
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Summary expansion
To express their reverence toward the Parkhang--frequently called the "Treasure House of Tibetan Culture"--Tibetan pilgrims perform "kora", or ritual clockwise circumambulation of the temple, carrying prayer wheels and spinning their mantras. Alternating with pages of colored photographs of the Parkhang pilgrims are pages containing Meador's lines of text, above which are line drawings from the photographs which Meador converted into digital font, all within black ruled borders
Label
Kora, Clifton Meador
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Colophon: ""These pictures were taken at the Dege Parkhang, a printing temple located in Ganze Autonomous Prefecture in western China, in August of 2006 ... This book is part of a larger project about the Parkhang developed by Patrick Dowdey, without whom these pictures would have been impossible. Kora was printed at the Center for Editions, Purchase College, on Mohawk Superfine. The film and separations were produced at the Center for Book & Paper at Columbia College Chicago ... The figures are line drawings from the photographs, now converted into a font, so the pilgrims have literally turned into language, at least in this book..."
  • Issued as 17 loose leaves, stacked as in a traditional Tibetan book structure between red-brown cloth-covered boards; upper board screen-printed in silver in Meador's font developed from his photographs of pilgrims; title printed in capitals and in Meador's font, in silver and black respectively on light olive-green cloth-covered rectangular title panel, inset into recessed niche on upper board; wrapped in orange Tibetan cloth, bound with striped cloth ribbon
  • "Produced in an edition of 50 copies and 10 artist's proofs..."--Colophon
Dimensions
15 x 59 cm.
Extent
34 p.
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is no. 12 of an edition of 50 copies, signed by the artist. Cloth wrapping has been removed from book and rolled up separately; book and cloth are housed together in clamshell box. Purchase, Vamp & Tramp, 2007.
Other physical details
chiefly ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)173846575
  • ucoclc173846575
Label
Kora, Clifton Meador
Publication
Note
  • Colophon: ""These pictures were taken at the Dege Parkhang, a printing temple located in Ganze Autonomous Prefecture in western China, in August of 2006 ... This book is part of a larger project about the Parkhang developed by Patrick Dowdey, without whom these pictures would have been impossible. Kora was printed at the Center for Editions, Purchase College, on Mohawk Superfine. The film and separations were produced at the Center for Book & Paper at Columbia College Chicago ... The figures are line drawings from the photographs, now converted into a font, so the pilgrims have literally turned into language, at least in this book..."
  • Issued as 17 loose leaves, stacked as in a traditional Tibetan book structure between red-brown cloth-covered boards; upper board screen-printed in silver in Meador's font developed from his photographs of pilgrims; title printed in capitals and in Meador's font, in silver and black respectively on light olive-green cloth-covered rectangular title panel, inset into recessed niche on upper board; wrapped in orange Tibetan cloth, bound with striped cloth ribbon
  • "Produced in an edition of 50 copies and 10 artist's proofs..."--Colophon
Dimensions
15 x 59 cm.
Extent
34 p.
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is no. 12 of an edition of 50 copies, signed by the artist. Cloth wrapping has been removed from book and rolled up separately; book and cloth are housed together in clamshell box. Purchase, Vamp & Tramp, 2007.
Other physical details
chiefly ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)173846575
  • ucoclc173846575

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