May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CHEN, JULIE / FLYING FISH PRESS. Listening. Letterpress printing and images by Chen on stiff paper pages cleverly folded in "flag book" form, with a set of instructions and ribbons so that "once the book is read it can be worn as a headdress." 4 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches when closed, 30 inches fully extended; in a specially designed clamshell box. number 33 of 75 copies signed by chen. Berkeley: Flying Fish Press, 1992

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The publisher describes the work as an examination of the experience of listening to live performances of orchestral music, and to the relationship that develops between the listener and the performer. It includes a set of ribbons so that, once the book is read, it can be worn as a headdress in three variations. Each variation invokes the rhythm, tempo and melodic expression of a movement of music.