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Some books take your breath away. The City Within by Natalie Draz, a moveable artists’ book, is one of those books. Created by Draz during an artist’s book residency at the Women’s Studio Workshop in 2016, this kinetic piece is housed in a simple wooden box; what first appears as an irregularly shaped booklet expands into a freestanding rib-cage structure juxtaposing letterpress and intaglio prints, a book object meant to be interacted with. As an artist hailing from Canada, Draz’s city is based on elements of downtown Montreal but for each new reader, an imaginary city forms. This video shows the artist interacting with one of the edition of 60:
https://vimeo.com/172906878
Cities and maps are common inspirations in Natalie Draz’s work, as she “illustrates and papercuts cities that exist between reality and her own perspectives”. (Artists’ website)
--Laura
X-Collection X7433.4 .D6955 C58 2016
