A sculptural black, vacuum-formed rotary plastic phone projects out from the cover of April Katz’s book,” Marking Time: Her Days,” a work that alludes to memory and time’s passage. Inside, each day of the month of April has its own transparent page, featuring entries from fifteen years of her mother’s handwritten appointment books, a Shakespearean quote, a photo of her desk chair, and a reproduction of that day’s Newsday cover, the paper she read daily. Each Sunday has an additional page layered on top that includes a photograph of a telephone and a short narrative conveying the important role Sundays had in this mother/daughter relationship. The front page of the New York Times replaces the Newsday cover for each Sunday.

The binding of the book plays a key role in establishing the rhythm of the days’ passage, with odd days bound on the left side, even days bound on the right side, and Sundays bound on top with a spiral binding reminiscent of a phone cord. The side bindings are similar to those of her original appointment books. When closed, the pages will sit on top of each other so that the days to come will be visible. The act of reading the book is like an “unweaving” of the pages.

Book Price: $350
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