Zoe Sadokierski
So, here’s an idea: ‘I got a writer — a long time partner in collaboration, Katherine Danks — to write me a short story, with the knowledge that I was going to add images to it. I’ve taken the story and produced three separate books — one typographic, one illustrated and one photographic. The exhibition space has three chairs, with a book at each chair. The viewer is invited to sit and read each book, then give feedback on how the different treatments affected their reading of the story’. This is the project of Sydney-based creative Zoe Sadokierski whose ‘Sundays’ exhibition is running during March at the Dab Lab at the UTS gallery space. Says Sadokierski of the idea, ‘It’s part of my PhD research. I’m interested in what the combination of word and image can communicate that words alone cannot. So I asked Katherine to write a short story that I would ‘finish’ with images. Happily for me, it involves giraffes’.
Tagged: collaboration, Dab Lab, Sydney
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YOU'RE SAYING (4)
Lang said | 28 February, 2008
This is amazing! I can’t wait to see it!
Jen said | 5 March, 2008
wow,
i love love lovvee lovvveee giraffes,
you have made my day, wish i lived in sydney and could come check it out. will you be selling the images?
cheers
zoe sadokierski said | 6 March, 2008
Hi Jen,
Thanks so much, the show opens today and I was binding books til the wee hours of the morn, so much appreciate the positive feedback. Not sure if I’m selling prints yet – if you’re interested email me: zoe.sadokierski@gmail.com
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Huna said | 28 February, 2008
This is a very cool idea.
Definently going to check it out.