| Author: | Main Author: Andrea Fisk - |
| Title: | "Dear Saint Louis I am taking off your shirt do you mind: Bus
Tour 1960 / 2009" |
| Digital Record: | St. Louis, Missouri: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries 2009 |
| Print source: |
Dear Saint Louis I am taking off your shirt do you mind: Bus
Tour 1960 / 2009 St. Louis, A. Fisk, 2009. |
| Subject terms: |
Artist Keywords: History
Artist Keywords: Identity of place
Artist Keywords: Industrialization / decay
Artist Keywords: Literary
Artist Keywords: Mapping
Artist Keywords: Personal voice
Artist Keywords: Political / social commentary
Artist Keywords: Photography
Artist Keywords: Documentation of place
Sam Fox Keywords:
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Library Keywords: Historic buildings -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Library Keywords: Monuments -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Library Keywords: Urban renewal -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
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| Notes: |
Influences - The poems “America” by Allen Ginsburg, “Paterson” by
William Carlos Williams, Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photography of water towers
and blast furnaces. Artist Statement - After finding the map and transcript from a 1960 bus tour around North Saint Louis, I documented the sites in their current state. The story that I uncovered was heartbreaking, especially paired with its jubilant history. For me, this is symbolic of the problem of Saint Louis: of racism, urban renewal and escapism. Physical Description - Binding: Japanese side-stitch; Materials: Handmade Japanese paper, black Cave paper cover, white string; Printing: Xerox |
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