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Paper Space Pop-up Book

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Production Method

Offset

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Design

Kota Ezawa

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Printing

Production: Rhiannon Alpers

Artist Kota Ezawa of the California College of the Arts created Paper Space as the 2011 Artist in Residence at The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB). Ezawa recreates, frame-by-frame, recognizable scenes from TV and film using basic animation software. The four horrifically memorable stills depicted in the book are taken from widely circulated film or television programs that Ezawa first animated in his Pop Art style. Each paper craft diorama was digitally cut and hand assembled.  

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Client

Imprint Publications


Quantity Produced

40


Production Cost

$3,000


Production Time

2,000 Hours

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

11.25 × 9.25 × 1.75 in


Page Count

4


Paper Stock

Uncoated Canford


Number of Colors

31

Varnishes


Binding

Pop-up


Typography

This piece is available for purchase for $1,200 (Plus Shipping + Handling)


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Project Description

Paper Space is a 4-page pop-up book consisting of paper cut-out dioramas based on film and TV depictions of historic events from the mid 19th century to the present. The book unfolds into a structure divided into four spaces—each housing one of the pop-up scenes.

The dioramas create a timeline of events that have disrupted and confused America's view of itself. Page 1 shows witnesses of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865 at Ford Theatre. The second diorama re-creates John F. Kennedy's limousine passing the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963. Page 3 presents O.J. Simpson and his legal team awaiting the reading of his 1995 criminal trial verdict. The last diorama recreates the infamous brawl at Auburn Palace in Detroit, involving players of the Indiana Pacers, the Detroit Pistons, and fans attending the 2003 NBA game.

Each diorama is based on a still frame of a widely circulated film or TV program, while simultaneously referencing an existing animated film by Ezawa (The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 2005; The Simpson Verdict, 2002; Brawl, 2008).

Production Lesson(s)

Each task in the assembly provided a new challenge. In order to precisely cut hundreds of thousands of minuscule pieces, we acquired a digital cutter. The cutter needed to be mastered quickly and came with a high learning curve. Next through trial and error we developed a hinged non-spine bound book to hold what is essentially a four page diorama. Finally, we had to establish a pool of competent workers who were passionate enough to work without pay on a very time-consuming, specialized set of tasks. ”

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Kelly Cree

Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.

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Date Published

June 6, 2012

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