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Abriss
Robbin Ami Silverberg
Dobbin Books; Brooklyn, NY, USA
2013
540mm
Edition: #2/10
Notes: Handmade paper with digital prints. Archival inkjet printing and collage on Dobbin Mill papers with embedded and pulped paper detritus from New York City streets. This artist book series - a nonlinear combination of installation, performance and the book - is one result of Silverberg's ambulatory mapping project about New York City. Since 2009, the artist has created hundreds of handmade flyers 7 posting and placed them in specific locations around the city. These postings engage the viewer in a discourse on 'private vs. public', while Silverberg explores the psycho-geography of place and its memory. Abriss" -kante is German for the tear-off edge or stub. French translation: Carole Naggar. German translation: Cynthia Peck-Kubaczek. Clamshell production: Lee Marchalonis.