New Pocket Knowledge (July 2009)

Inkjet on altered King Penguin book. 30x25 cm. Set of six

Six unstitched King Penguin books altered with

a single inkjet print placed in a vacant space on a double page

spread.

Each intervention makes an opportunistic connection with

the books original topic, while exploring the material nature

of photographs and their reproductions.

Returning Burton's Plunder

24pp silver nitrate/ salt prints and inkjet on pulp paper, buckram cover with

paper seal. Staple bound 140x140. 3 copies.

A dilemma book containing a selection of Harry Burton's photographs

and excerpts from the diaries of Howard Carter during their discovery

and plunder of Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920's. The book is

sealed to avoid casual or accidental opening and this seal must first

be broken before reading.

Each time the pages are viewed, the unfixed images fade a little more.

The only way to preserve the images is to rip them out and treat

with chemical fixers.

These examples show the cover (above) with a broken seal and a selection of

spreads (below) after six readings/exposure to daylight.