An Ideal Nowhere

An Ideal Nowhere is a collection of work that explores the relationship between personal experiences and utopian societies. It includes In Dreamland and An Ideal Nowhere: Finding My Utopia housed together in a custom clamshell box with a removable tray.

In Dreamland is an artists’ book that was letterpress printed on a Vandercook SP15 using plastic placemats and photopolymer. It features text from Annie Denton Cridge’s utopian fiction piece Man’s Rights; or, How Would You Like It? which was originally published in 1870 and can be found in full here.

An Ideal Nowhere: Finding My Utopia is an essay on the connections between utopian literature and contemporary social issues, written by the artist. The essay is printed and bound as a pamphlet and includes both letterpress and inkjet printing.

Both works predominantly feature an image representing a segment of river that includes the Missouri Headwaters, where the Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison rivers meet near Three Forks, Montana and mark the official start of the Missouri River.

Drumleaf housed in clamshell box with additional pamphlet. 5”x8”. Edition of 25. 2022