Al-Mutanabbi Street - The Street of Books

Description:	BFS Edition Berlin, Bernd FriedrichLeporello fold: 20 x 13.5 cm (Total 20 x 152 cm) 7.87 x 5.3 inches (total 7.87 x 59.8 inches). Lithografie und Druck, Handsatz und Druck. Lithographic print and Letterpress print on handmade paper: 240 gsm With my book I want to connect Berlin and Baghdad. Al-Mutanabbi Street is the centre of bookselling in Baghdad, where 2007 the bomb attack happened. I dedicate my book to the memory of the victims of the bomb attack.My idea for the book was on the one hand to create a specific relation to the bookselling street in Baghdad and on the other hand to be understood by as many people as possible regardless of the language they speak.The use of the name of this famous Iraqi poet as a name for the street presented the opportunity to use the form of leporello fold.I chose a vivid background befitting the life of al-Mutanabbi Street. It was printed as a lithographic print with a hand press. The other parts are made by using letterpress printing.The main design elements are the big red letters forming the name of al-Mutanabbi. Above and below that I point out what is special about this street in Baghdad: the buying, selling and trading of books.The writers from all over the world chosen by me to correspond to the respective letters are supposed to remind the viewer of the book of this artist. They are alive here for all of the writers that remain unnamed.
Created By:	Friedrich, Bernd
Contributor(s):	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/AMSSH/id/397
Collection:	Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	artists book art bookworks

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