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'Planet box' (Bay of Rainbows A4 Front) 2007.
(Pen, A4 envelope). 320x226mm.

Planet box

'Planet box' (Working Title), Comma Press. 2007/8

'Planet box' is a publication in association with Comma Press, Manchester (print run spring 2008) - it is a collaborative work with the poet Diana Syder. Using astronomy as a framing device, it combines a fictional narrative with scientific observation. Concerned with the personalisation of space, the work charts the deconstruction of an astronomer's life as she files away her past into the structure of the solar system and surrounding constellations. The book presents a series of planetary drawings and doodles on household ephemera, such as the back of envelopes and post-it notes, in conjunction with the poetic works - giving a 'first person' perspective.