Fragments in Red, in Blue explores the relationship between language and memory through color. I have been told that as a child I listened to two different versions of the 1991 Beauty and the Beast movie’s original soundtrack. The English-version disc was red, while the French one was blue. I naturally compartmentalized my speech development according to these two colors, and so the adults in my world spoke either “red” or “blue.”

Throughout this book, decorative elements of handmade paper work to obstruct or reveal narrative vignettes according to the language that dominates my recollection of the moment. The text is rendered in toner transfer — a mark that gently sits on the surface of the page and is barely present. Finally, the book’s pages are connected by stiffer squares of museum board, thus lending it a sonorous and playful quality.

Handmade in a variable edition of 3 copies.

2018. Toner transfer and handmade, naturally-dyed paper confetti on Domestic Etching and museum board. 4½” x 4½” x 1”