Emily Speed, UK book artist

Title: Places for Hiding

Media: Screen printed and inkjet print, stitched booklet with card slip cover, size A6

Edition: Edition of 14. A6. £8

Price: 8 English Pounds

This book is about dens, places for escapism and thought. It hides in its own card envelope, with only the title peeking through. Inside, there are plans for a number of places to hide and some tips.

 

ARTIST DETAILS

My most recent work has been based around the vulnerability and the temporary nature of things. I often use architectural forms in my work as it represents, for me, the most poignant example of transience; man’s attempt to create permanence and legacy through building.

I am also interested in the way that architecture can act as a metaphor for our internal selves (the body as a building that houses the mind) and with the enduring sense of memory and/or personal identity that is often embedded into or linked with particular sites.

My work, which comprises installations, drawings, artists’ books and sculptures, often seems to exist in an in-between state where it can be difficult to ascertain whether works are in a half-built or half-derelict state. The dependency of the work on the environment in which it is built and shown is also something that interests me greatly; my work is often balanced, propped, wedged or held together through tension.

Literature is also of great influence, and fiction often features heavily in my work, whether through the creation of fictional places, written text or the imposition of a new history onto a place.

(Emily Speed, 2009)

CONTACT DETAILS: Emily Speed: emilyspeed@hotmail.com

Further work can be seen at : http://emilyspeed.co.uk/section.php?name=bookworks