Huwawa in the everyday : an almanac / Amanda Couch.
- Couch, Amanda
- Date:
- [2016]
- Books
Online resources
- See the digitised manuscript (MS.8932) that inspired this artists' book: View resource
About this work
Description
"Huwawa in the Everyday is a photobook in the form of a medieval medical folding almanac. Folding almanacs were worn from the belt, containing astrological, medical and calendric information, and employed by physicians to prognosticate and diagnose. This book contains twelve images, one for each month, of entrails or coiled materials encountered in my art materials, research and the everyday that might resemble the demon Huwawa/Humbaba's face."--From artist's website. http://www.amandacouch.co.uk/huwawa-in-the-everyday/4592514817
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [Amanda Couch], [2016]
Physical description
6 double-page folded leaves : colour illustrations ; 39 x 28 cm, folded to 21 x 12 cm
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Contributors
Notes
Edition of 35.
"The form of the book makes reference to the 15th century folding almanac in the Wellcome library. The cover of my book, made from a collagraphic plate of embroidered text and image when printed, creates an embossed surface which nods to the textured silk binding covers of the Wellcome's manuscript. The face of Huwawa on the cover, is based on the Mesopotamian divination model housed in the British Museum, which portrays Huwawa's face as coiled intestines. The inscription on the reverse of the model reveals an omen that if entrails were encountered that look like this model, it would mean 'revolution'."--From artist's website.
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Prescriptions: artists' books on wellbeing and medicine", held at the Beaney Museum of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury, 2016.
Binding detail
Sewn at tab with brass eyelet and mix-media cord.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesA5