Shared Memories

An exploration of the importance of family memories and how they evolve. Within the book, Lori Spencer shares eight memories that are are described in twofold; one on each double page spread with Lori’s account on the right page, and her sister, Wendy’s on the left. The main details of the stories, often humorous, awkward, and revealing, are told in a pop out square in the middle of the page spread. Spencer articulates the shared nostalgic connections between the two with the image of both sisters, surrounded with textural collage, are revealed throughout the book by the die cuts of the pop up page. The structure of the book successfully reflects the relationship between two sisters who are raised in the same environment. Likely relatable to those who have shared experience with growing up with siblings in the same home, and how collective memory vs. individual memory sustains. For example;

Lori says, “I think they are wrong.”

Wendy says, “None of us will remember.”

 

 

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Wellesley College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Cleveland Institute of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Smith College, Montclair State University, University of Delaware, Yale University, Walker Art Center, Columbia College (Chicago), Wesleyan University, Temple University Libraries, University of Utah, Vernon R. Alden Library Ohio University, Mills College, Swarthmore College, Scripps College Campus, UCLA, University of Vermont Libraries, James Madison University, Vassar College Library, The New York Public Library, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis-IUPUI, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Library of Congress, University of California (Los Angeles), University of Miami, University of Central Florida, Savannah College of Art and Design, Otis College of Art and Design, George Mason University, Harvard University, Duke University, Bucknell University, Arizona State University

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Metadata

Title:

Shared Memories

Other Contributors:

Wendy Spencer

Date of publication:

1998

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

Toy and movable books, Sisters

Dimensions:

22 x 18 cm.

Number in edition:

90

Paging:

40 [pp]

Paper:

Rives heavy weight

Printing method:

Silkscreen, letterpress

Binding:

Long stitch in soft cover

Structure:

Codex

Funding source:

New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Printer:

Lori Spencer

Binder:

Lori Spencer

Other notes:

Issued in paper box folder with tab closure