EXHIBITIONS Remembered Voices, a two-person exhibition, with Kim Kitchen, sponsored by the W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery in North Bay, will open at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2010. This is part of a week-long collaboration with Nipissing University, entitled Voices of Light. Other events include screening of the silent screen classic Joan of Arc, with organ accompaniment, a lecture about women mystics and a concert. Lise's contribution to the exhibition will be Ghost Costumes.
The Art of the Book 'o8 is still travelling. This year it will be in Sakatoon, at the Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, from February 26 to April 5. It will move to le Centre Culturel Franco-Manitoban from May 20 to June 23. This is a wonderful book show organized by the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. Lise has one book in the show.
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT Lise is currently researching connections between our health and the environment for a new body of bookworks. She has prepared a questionnaire for people whose health has been compromised by toxins in their environment, be it air, water, food, work or familial relationships. If you or anyone you know has had experiences relevant to the nature of this research, please download a copy of the questionnaire (in .pdf format).
NEW BOOKS
Body Map
A large image (opens to 40") of the artist's body is superimposed with hand-printed text about her environmental life history. Background text relates her personal experience with more general info.
2009, North Bay. 7 pages. (81/2″ x 8 1/4″ x 1/2″) Edition of 50. $200
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
Garbage
Each mesh bag/page contains one day’s garbage; each book has a week’s worth. The text deals with the effect of garbage on our health.
2007, North Bay. 7 pages. (12 1/2″ x 10 1/4″ (diameter)) Edition of 3. $850
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
Gypsy Moth
Carol was accidentally aerially sprayed with a pesticide designed to kill Gypsy Moths. This Star Caroussel book describes her difficult recovery.
2007, North Bay. 5 pages. (8 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 1 1/2″) Edition of 10. $600
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
Happy Memories
Happy memories uses the artist's family photos to illustrate Dr. Heather Jamieson's story of the relationship between growing up in a mining community and her current work studying environmental degradation caused by mining.
2009, North Bay. 10 pages. (11 1/4 x 15 x 1″) Edition of 10. $250
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
Home Sweet Home
Each of the 12 rooms in this quilted pop-up dollhouse-like book has toxins indicated by large red numbers. These correspond to information in pamphlets hidden in pockets on each page.
2009, North Bay. 4 spreads. (38″ x 12″ x 3″ ) Unique. NFS
Homeless
Images of the houses on the artist's block are sewn onto handmade paper in the form of a traditional quilt patter named "Happy House." The text deals with the artist's experience when her house was making her sick, and she had to move out.
2008, North Bay. 15 pages. (7″ x 7″ x 1 1/4″ ) Edition of 7. $400
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe. No Safe Levels
Northern Ontario highways are lined with rock cuts, sometimes covered with graffiti. This pop-up rock cut morphs into my scarred body, and has names of heavy metals which I harbour.
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
PAIN
The text by poet Diane Dawber in this abstract pop-up book describes four kinds of pain.
2007, North Bay. 6 pop-up spreads. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 2″) Edition of 10. $750
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
Toxic Face Book
The cast-paper face/cover lifts off to reveal 12 pages of text about the toxicity of some ingredients of shampoo and cosmetics.
2008, North Bay. 12 pages. (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 3″) Unique. NFS.
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
Toxic Kids
This paper doll book contains photocopies of lovely hand-drawn doll clothes found at a flea market, with text about toxins in the environment that adversely affect children.
2009, North Bay. 9 pages. (11″ x 8 1/2″) Edition of 50. $50
Photo Credit: Matthias Melhorn-Boe.
DEALERS Vamp and Tramp
If you are in the United States, my work is available from these booksellers in Birmingham, Alabama. They are located at:
1951 Hoover Court, Suite 105
Birmingham Alabama
35226-3606
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