The Impossibility of Language of Construction

By Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi

The Impossibility of Language of Construction is an artist book produced for inclusion in the 2015 exhibition Simultaneous: Seripop + Sonnenzimmer at Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Book and Paper Arts. Produced collaboratively with the Center’s April Sheridan, Heather Buechler, and Amy Leners, the book is an amalgamation of print process and inventive binding. The book features an experimental “script” featuring characters Sound, English, Dilemma, and Framework who dive into a metaphorical dialogue about the rumbling of passing trucks and plateaus. Set in our own typeface, Sonnenzimmer Manuscript (developed specifically for this exhibit), the project aims to acknowledge our history within the graphic arts, while diving into a new realm all together, language.

- Sonnenzimmer

5" x 7", Letterpress printed interior, 2-Color dye transfer tape binding, Screen printed cover

Published by Sonnenzimmer in 2015

Edition of 50, Signed and numbered

Chicago, IL