Nest : SoHo

Description:	This contribution from Frank N. and Patricia L. Owings is given in memory of The Portfolio Club of Indianapolis IN member, Charles Daniel Woodfin (1941-2020) When the pages are fanned out around the metal post, the box-like structures form a flattened cyclone of conformity. Above the eddy of simulated action is a blue sky of uniformity created by the reverse side of the building screenprints.--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed June 14, 2018)Today the boundaries between people are becoming blurred and even indistinct. People from different countries are living in close proximity and becoming more and more like each other. We can see Westerners in Asia and people from the East in Western countries. Sometimes its difficult to tell where we are: New York? Tokyo? Beijing? Paris? Globally culture is becoming more homogenized, and the boundaries that made us distinct are disappearing. This is reflected in the architecture, especially in our large cities. Even as the size of our buildings grows, our living spaces are becoming smaller and smaller. This is the perfect metaphor for whats happening: our world gets bigger but our individual differences are fading.Soho is a central business district in Beijing, a very busy area, of high white building, cold and commercial. While I am standing in front of these buildings, I can not recognize where I am, just do not believe I am in Beijing, a thousands years old city. It seems as if all the business buildings in the world are so similar.--Artist statement from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed June 14, 2018)Issued in an ed. of 3.
Origin:	2009
Created By:	Guo, Leilei
Publisher:	[Beijing, China] : Leilei Guo, 2009.
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/2244
Collection:	Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	Guo, Leilei. Cities and towns--Growth--Social aspects. Cities and towns in art. Beijing (China) metal screw post binding silkscreen print cutouts

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