SusanStriepe

Catalogue of Absence

This installation questions whether we shall be able to catalogue any species at the conclusion of the anthropocene. Who will look at this book and will we exist? The empty pages also propose the idea of an open book for any future artificially generated creatures we could possibly create through genetic engineering or artificial intelligence.

Material Memory

Material Memory makes visible the way we interact with books. I find that there is a certain magic in tracing movements that are generally invisible and the drawings that result seem to have a sense of surprising joy and playfulness that I find appealing.

Urban Decay

Urban Decay uses the format of a traditional Japanese tax talley book along with unconventional natural materials as a format to convey the idea of emergent life growing from the ruins of abandonment and the neglected in-between city spaces. There is a juxtaposition of  cultural and natural representations. I have used letterpress and various types of photographic transfer methods to enhance the concept of ruin, whereas the gloves act as a dynamic counterpoint.