My regular Book Arts professor was gone today, so our class had the treat of photographer and book artist Johanna Rogers showing us her work instead.
She brought out the invisible book. In normal light this beautiful handmade book appears to be filled with pristinely blank pages. But hidden on each page–only visible with black light–is a secret collected from anonymous submissions. Each page was silk screened by hand in the dark. Though it predates the ever-popular Post Secret, it oozes with the same charm, tragedy, and humor of the human condition.
Johanna just sold the last of 30 editions (One of which is viewable in SFMOMA's library collection), and has begun accepting submissions for the second part of the series, which will feature apologies. Wanna say sorry?
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