Creator
Christopher Kit Maddox
Title
Corruption: 10 translation cycles of 80 stages, terminating in the English language
Coverage
Madison, WI
Publisher
Organization for the Reinterpretation of Cultural Sediment
Date
2019
Subject
No. 15 of an edition of 150, signed by the artist. Folded insert in back cover titled “We Will Bury You”. Vellum overwrap.
Description
Translation is key to this work by Maddox who integrates printmaking, drawing, painting, photography, and graphic design focusing on historical quotes: “This work of experimental text art and process poetry is an anthology of experiments with the degradation of hostile and defensive messages delivered by world leaders. The collection tracks ten quotations as the words travel across language barriers. The process of translation, exacerbated by cycling through a chain of 80 languages, transforms specific ideas into something general, ambiguous, stripped of its original power …” Description from Vamp & Tramp Booksellers.
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