This artists’ book published in early 2025 is the first act of UNTITLED (a Morley House project in 5 acts).
UNTITLED. Act I: MANUSCRIPT is a text-based artists’ book that puts the materiality of its components at the forefront: the usage of multiple papers (different thicknesses, coated and mat ones, several colours and shimmers), a unique font, the text in non-linear fragments that can be read both together and individually, and the performative aspect of it.
Aesthetic features of a book manuscript and of a movie screenplay were on our minds during the design process for UNTITLED. Act I: MANUSCRIPT, especially the freshness, the aliveness, and the immediacy of these formats: such characteristics correspond directly with the text and the idea behind this book.
UNTITLED project traces and analyses human connections: messy, unpredictable, alive. It is about the way we all interact – with ourselves, our partners or in larger systems.
See the reading from UNTITLED. Act I: MANUSCRIPT by Dinara Asadulina:
UNTITLED. Act I: MANUSCRIPT was launched at Softcover, Vienna, on Friday, March 7, 2025 at 7pm. The event included a reading performance by Morley House, a discussion and a book signing.
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Limited edition of 50 copies, designed, printed, bound and signed by the authors