IS Projects is a public-access printmaking and book arts studio whose mission is to promote innovations and developments to print and book media by providing knowledge, training, and a supportive workspace for artists. IS Projects houses a fine art gallery as well as full letterpress and screenprinting shops alongside fine art printmaking and book binding equipment. Through exhibitions, residencies, workshops, hourly studio rental, internships, book binding services, edition printing and commercial printing, IS Projects strives to cultivate a deep love of fine craft in South Florida. A healthy print community is a sign of a thriving art scene so its role as Broward’s only community print shop is vital in the larger arts ecosystem. Please visit www.isprojectsfl.com to learn more.
Contact: Ingrid Schindall, Director / Owner
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Artwork
IS Projects is pleased to debut the newest edition in our artists’ books publishing series, Existent Books. Unknowing, by Carol Prusa, is a thorough investigation of the stucture and workings of the universe in the form of a book, vovelle, and etching encased in a custom slip case with hinged covers.
From Carol, “unknowing offers a liminal experience between knowing and not, calling on scotopic vision (night vision) to peer into darkness. I am known for symbolically charged work responding to liminal locations, using graphite pours and silverpoint drawing in an exchange between known and unknown to create erotically charged portals to new possibilities. unknowing (between day and night) articulates emergent forms, offering insight into the mystery of our existence while embracing the magnitude of the universe with the lawlessness of imagination to distill the sacred. This book is a download of what I know, at least for the moment, before it resolves as something else. The book is accompanied by a volvelle; a paper computer with rotating parts,
that functions as an instrument to point to confluences that might provide insight into the unknown. Unknowing contemplates the mystery of our existence and the possible worlds we divine to construct meaning. A possible world is tucked inside in the form of a copperplate etching on white paper. The three parts (tri-via) are housed in a tri-part case."
Printing of Unknowing