My Friend the Girl from the Circus
Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2020
Artist: Silje Ree (Norwegian)
Dimensions:
20.6 x 14cm
Medium: Risograph, letterpress and digital print, Photoshop, photocopying, hand drawing and writing. Handbound.
Object number: UAC 1011
DescriptionSilje studied MA Book Arts at Camberwell College of Arts. Her artist's statement says that 'This piece is a reminiscent look at her childhood through a mixture of drawing and handwriting, digital, risograph and letterpress printing. By revisiting a multipurpose space near her home and through the layering of images and drawings, nowhere becomes somewhere. Ree’s memories of the space have been clouded by an interference of languages – that of her childhood and adulthood. The piece invites the reader’s personal interpretations of the space and ignites memories of their own. The book encourages a rethinking of local spaces, evaluating past and current functions and possibilities of the future.'
