Edition of 100
64 pages, 115 X 165 mm
120 g Olin Cloud with 240 g Olin Cloud cover stock
Self-end-papered
I Am Born is a follow-up to Autobiography, Lexier’s 2022 contribution to the Tonini Editore series. Both books share a size, a page count and a sensibility. Whereas Autobiography was empty, I Am Born is full. Whereas Autobiography’s subject was the book itself, I Am Born’s subject is the maker of the book. Each book takes a single element -- in the case of Autobiography, the colophon; in the case of I Am Born, the artist’s birth year -- and makes that its subject.
Starting with number 1 at the top left of the front cover and ending with number 11,520 at the bottom right of the back cover, I Am Born is printed grey, except for the number 1960, the artist’s birth year, which is printed black. It is the only thing in the book treated differently.
I Am Born is an homage to several previous artists’ publications that utilized grids of numbers, specifically Stanly Brouwn’s 1 step-100000 steps from 1972, but also to many non-art sources, including the RAND Corporation’s 1955 publication A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates.
Edition of 100
64 pages, 115 X 165 mm
120 g Olin Cloud with 240 g Olin Cloud cover stock
Self-end-papered
I Am Born is a follow-up to Autobiography, Lexier’s 2022 contribution to the Tonini Editore series. Both books share a size, a page count and a sensibility. Whereas Autobiography was empty, I Am Born is full. Whereas Autobiography’s subject was the book itself, I Am Born’s subject is the maker of the book. Each book takes a single element -- in the case of Autobiography, the colophon; in the case of I Am Born, the artist’s birth year -- and makes that its subject.
Starting with number 1 at the top left of the front cover and ending with number 11,520 at the bottom right of the back cover, I Am Born is printed grey, except for the number 1960, the artist’s birth year, which is printed black. It is the only thing in the book treated differently.
I Am Born is an homage to several previous artists’ publications that utilized grids of numbers, specifically Stanly Brouwn’s 1 step-100000 steps from 1972, but also to many non-art sources, including the RAND Corporation’s 1955 publication A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates.
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