B-O-O-K: Exploration of the performative aspects of book design and the potential of three-dimensional illustrations

This portfolio presents works by Imi Maufe and Hilde Kramer. Both projects were part of the multi-year Illuminating the Non-Representable artistic research project, led by Kramer, University of Bergen. The filmed performance, Book-Object-Object-Knowledge , explored the concept of the semiophor (a semiotic shift by recontextualization). Book of Remembrance , a performative artist book, challenged how illustration can represent stories of profound human suffering. It focused on a specific historic event where over fifteen thousand people were deported to their deaths, between 5 and 12 September 1942. Works include a large glass-cased book and performances with its pages in public, a film and an exhibition that included letterpress pamphlets and object illustrations.