WHITEBOOK
2017
PART OF THE BOOK AS AN OBJECT COLLECTION (#1)
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A blank white book that portrays a story. Cut-out and paper folding techniques were used.
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Folklore Story: “ Raven and The Sun ”
Source: Legend courtesy of Starlore of Native America, assembled by Brad Snowder
Tribe: Tsimshian
Region: Northwest
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COVER :
The book is ruled by equilibrium.
Without opening it one may get a hint of what it is about or at least increase his curiosity.
The interesting factor about it is how one will perceive this story in a different way than it was originally told
= similarity to oral folklore/legend story telling.
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FRONT : There are 12 (different intensity & concentration) suns = the number of months in one year.
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BACK : There are 13 (stages of the) moons = the number of full moons in one year.
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STORY :
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“ Once the sky had no day.
When the sky was clear there was some light from the stars but when it was cloudy it was very dark. Raven had put fish in the rivers and fruit trees in the land but he was saddened by the darkness. ” -
“ The Sun at that time was kept in a box by a chief in the sky. ”
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“ The Raven came to a hole in the sky and went through. He came to a spring where the chief’s daughter would fetch water. He changed himself into a cedar seed and floated on the water. ”
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“ When the girl drank from spring she swallowed the seed without noticing and ... ”
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“ ... became pregnant. ”
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“ A boy child was born which was really Raven.
As a toddler he begged to play with the yellow ball that grandfather kept in a box. He was allowed to play with the Sun and ... ” -
“ ... when the chief looked away he turned back into Raven and
flew back through the hole in the sky, bringing the Sun to our world. ”
MAKING OF :