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Towers
David Moyer 1992 Author and artist: David Moyer. Letterpress with wood engravings. letterpress printing Japanese binding binding 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in 17 pages edition of 50 published by Red Howler Press TOWERS is a humorous look at our technically oriented culture and takes the form of a revisit to Sir Francis Bacon's 17th century technological utopia "The New Atlantis." The point of departure for the wood engravings are photos of old industrial sites. The text is derived from technical manuals and a mechanical dictionary. The finished text is a result of a breakdown and recombination of the origianl technical text. Each Tower has a boast of what it is able to offer mankind, from the material to the social. | ||||
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