Escracho (Artist's Book)

Eduardo Kac, "Escracho" (1983), artist's book, 8.5 x 12 in (21.5 x 30 cm), offset.
Source: Eduardo Kac, "Escracho" (1983), artist's book, 8.5 x 12 in (21.5 x 30 cm), offset.

Eduardo Kac

Escracho (Artist's Book) , – ongoing
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Escracho is an artist's book conceived, designed, and produced by Eduardo Kac in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro. It includes contributions from artists and writers from several countries in a variety of forms (visual poetry, essay, cartoon, collage, graphic narrative, photography, rubber stamp, typewriting drawing, and photocopy).

See Also: "Early Performance Work"
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Description
Escracho is an artist's book conceived, designed, and produced by Eduardo Kac in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro. It includes contributions from artists and writers from several countries in a variety of forms (visual poetry, essay, cartoon, collage, graphic narrative, photography, rubber stamp, typewriting drawing, and photocopy).
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • assembled
    • documenting
    • performative
  • genres
    • performance art
  • subjects
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • poetry
    • Body and Psychology
      • bodies (animal components)
  • technology
    • displays
      • non-electronic displays
Technology & Material
Installation Requirements / Space
Institutional collections include:

Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona

Harvard University, Houghton Library, Department of Printing & Graphic Arts, Cambridge, MA
Joan Flasch Artist's Book Collection, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago
Robert A. Deshon & Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati (Ohio)
Material
visual poetry, essay, cartoon, collage, graphic narrative, photography, rubber stamp, typewriting drawing, and photocopy
Exhibitions & Events
Ipanema Beach performances
Bibliography
  • Kac, Eduardo. Escracho. Rio de Janeiro: Sai Dessa Lama, 1983.
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