The BOOK

Often times it is a change in perception that can inspire us most.

  

I feel myself drawn to a project by Marc Premo, Oliver Jeffers, Duke Riley, and Roy Jeffers time after time.  I have even made the commitment of bookmarking the website on my browser, a wholehearted rarity for me.  This was a thirty-six week project done by four artists, in two countries.  The BOOK was sent from person to person and completed one page at a time.  The arrangement allowed for minimal contact between the artists and merely follows the creative progression of the piece before them.  What transpired was a conceptually driven conversation between four unique points of view.  The work is beautiful blend of several different types of media housed in the pages of a well worn sketchbook.  

In this piece Oliver Jeffers discusses the idea of "Nature versus nurture" from the previous pages coming through.  The website contains interviews with each of the artists about their pages.  He tells the story of each of theses mountains, one in Northern Ireland and one in Australia, and their physical presence in nature.  He also details their nurturing value as spiritual sites.  These interviews delve into each piece and provide great insights to the work as a whole. 

Check out the BOOK in its entirety here.