On the Material

by Stephen Collis

Structured in three parts, On the Material is a meditation on language, geography, socio-economics and the body, moving from the glut of fossil-fuelled consumer excess to the materiality of a single book.

Composed almost entirely of quatrains (each page being comprised of four four-line stanzas) and written while travelling through North America in 2008, "4 4" navigates issues of space and movement in the global age. As economies crumble,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889226326
• ISBN13: 9780889226326
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"