Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung
Title:
Earth
Collection Title Date:
1971-1991
Date:
1976
Materials:
Artist book. Soft bound. 45 pages.
Dimensions:
w8.5 x h11 inches
Current Location:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Address:
Berkeley, CA 94720
Object ID:
1992.4.137
Provenance:
Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation
Object Type:
Artist book
Heading:
Description
Notes:
"Earth" was first created as an artist book by Cha in 1973. This version is the text from the first version of "Earth" 1973 with additional text. The pages are photocopies. The text is in French and English.
Notes:
Cha's concern is "grammatical structure of language syntax," "how words and meanings are constructed in language system, by function and usage," how transformation is brought about through manipulation, changing syntax, isolation, removing from context, repetition and reduction to minimal units." The artist book is a medium by which she can explore and uncover these concerns. By "using written text and images...through actual material or structure of the book i.e. page sequence, silences, pauses, time, space." (Statement of Proposed Study, Holland).
Notes:
See museum# 1992.4.12/138.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf109n97d 7

Earth