{"product_id":"artists-book-viguers-susan-the-universe-tends-toward-disorder","title":"(ARTIST'S BOOK). VIGUERS, Susan. The Universe Tends Toward Disorder.","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eLoschmidt's Paradox\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e(ARTIST'S BOOK). VIGUERS, Susan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eThe Universe Tends Toward Disorder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e(\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e[Pennsylvania\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eShandy Press\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e2001]\u003c\/span\u003e) (\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eUnfolded: 270 x 165 mm.\u003c\/span\u003e) \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eOne of 30 copies, this being the author's copy, signed by the author inside the folding paper box.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eSix double-sided plates composed of recycled shutter slats painted beige, connected with Tyvek strips to form a Jacob's Ladder book. Housed in a marbled Elephant Hide paper box with printed text and a diagram showing how to use the book.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eFive of the slats with screen printed illustrations of wine glasses, and one with with text.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eA very tiny chip on one slat, otherwise fine.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eA cheeky mix of folk toy and artist's book, testing the scientific paradox that actions are [not] reversible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eThe classic kinetic toy known as \"Jacob's ladder\" is here used as a vehicle for an unusual artist's book that plays with two fundamentally opposed principles: on one side is printed the second law of thermodynamics, relating to entropy (\"the universe tends toward disorder\"). On the connected slats below, there is a series of cascading images depicting a falling wine glass breaking on the floor. The opposite side displays the related law that considers time-reversibility (\"every motion is potentially reversible\"). When the ladder is flipped to reveal the second quote, the broken wine glass reverses its path and becomes whole once again. In the artist's words, \"Only one side of the ladder is readable at a time; mutually exclusive, they embody the artist's perception of the impossible tension between the two principles.\" The artist constructed the ladder from discarded shutter slats, and this act of reclamation and reuse is an integral part of the work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the artist's website: \"Susan Viguers is a book artist, writer, and teacher. Her artist’s books have been shown in various national and international venues and are included numerous public and private collections. For almost nine years, until recently, she was director of the MFA Book Arts\/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she has taught in various departments since the mid 1970s. She has a PhD in English from Bryn Mawr College and has published creative non-fiction and poetry as well as scholarship and criticism in the areas of Renaissance drama, children’s literature, and artists' books.\" (1116)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bricolage Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53705787703596,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/5978\/3212\/files\/1116_03_18b9954b-afb1-40d8-ac4a-533c01e1310a.jpg?v=1787768834","url":"https:\/\/bricolagerarebooks.com\/products\/artists-book-viguers-susan-the-universe-tends-toward-disorder","provider":"Bricolage Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}