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Design Category
Book design, 1997
Design firm
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Collection
(1998) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1997
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The intent of On a Balcony: A Novel (Mark Luyten) was to document a two-year commissioned art project, link it to the resulting exhibition—On a Balcony: A Cinema (Mark Luyten)—and given readers a clear understanding of both. The process was truly a collaboration (long distance) between the designers and the Belgium-based artist. Several inspired moments were the result of a narrative that developed through the handling of fragmented texts, a huge file of photographs, and a modest budget. Readers received not only a document, but an artist’s book and artwork in one package.