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Artist Book Release: Public Privacy

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In preparation for Codex, I am releasing a new Artist Book,  Public Privacy.

Public Privacy examines the tension between our need for privacy and the transparency of modern life.

Just as our windows allow us to see out during the day, at night they become view screens to the passerby. Our devices allow us great personal freedom, but at what personal cost? Whether through open curtains or social media posting our permission to watch is implicit. In an age of Facebook, Instagram and Google Earth how is it that we have any expectation of privacy at all?

Public Privacy (3 of 3)

Public Privacy highlights the way that we have made our lives more accessible by virtue of the devices, companies and services that surround us. Whether by the cameras on our tablets, game consoles and computers; by the GPS trackers in our phones and cars; or by the data gathering of our entertainment and shopping choices, our lives have become open books.

 

Public Privacy Slides (6 of 12)

Looking forward to seeing you at Codex 2015, my table is #51. Midnight Moon Press.

~Ginger

http://www.gingerburrell.com

 

 

Book Release: Birth/Control

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Today I am proud to share with you a new artist book, Birth/Control.

Birth/Control explores the history and public debate surrounding what should be a private decision between a woman and her doctor.

Birth/Control features eleven signatures, each with an original poem and layered imagery of quotes, birth control methods and the female reproductive system.

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In between signatures are female silhouettes, not of the stereotypical sexualized form, but of real women, each as individual as the choices she makes.

The locket, which usually would hold photos of one’s children, instead holds the title and alludes to the clamshell design of birth control pill packets.

I’ve had a wonderful response so far to Birth/Control with comments about the beautiful design elements as well as the rich content. I’ll be showing the work at Codex beginning February 8th, 2015. For more images.