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This book is inspired by 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare and 'Prospero's Book' film by Peter Greenaway. I've taken these two works as points of departure for my own work, drawing upon certain themes such as the elements: water, earth, air; book; and magic. There are several other themes branching out from the main idea. There is the Book of Sleep which was made during bouts of insomnia. It was thought that such a book could be a spell to induce sleep. We often consult the book to bring wisdom, to sooth our night mares, thoughts that plague us, and to keep us company, just as Prospero uses his own treasured books for magic, for creation and destruction. Sleep might result in dream. There is a hope for dreaming, where dream is a vehicle for entry into another realm of narrative. There is the dream of flying, an archetypal image. Ariel the Spirit, lends it's name to this element of air, thus relates to the machines and images that suggests flying. Sycorax imprisoned Ariel in a form of a tree. Ariel has dreams of freedom. There is the boat, a vessel on water. There is the book which is a vessel for magic, knowledge, memories and texts that opens into another realm. It is this idea that is most interesting to me and have been an endless fascination. The images lead from one scene to the next in the narrative. Sometimes, it's logical, other times, it's associations. Arranging the combinations of infinite possibilities is challenging. It is necessary to confine it into a book, to pin down the ideas or suggestions. It's up to the view in the end to interpret their own stories within these pages. The book form tells a story. Prospero's Book, both mine and others, are stories within a story, book within a book, world within world.

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Duc Ly
ducly  Portland, OR, USA
duc ly 503 803 2888 – cell born 1968 education 1987 – 1993 University of Oregon, Bachelor of Architecture 1999 – 2001 Pacific Northwest College of Arts, Portland, OR 2000 – 2003 Portland State University, Portland, OR sellected exhibitions 2004 Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Gallery 114 Group Show, Portland, OR.; Camera Works Solo Exhibition, Portland, OR. 2003 Hallie Brown Ford Juried Solo Exhibition, Roseburg, OR.; Residency traveling exhibition, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Hungary. City Museum, Balatonfured, Hungary.; Oregon School of Art & Craft, Craft Biennial: A Review of Northwest Arts &Crafts. Media Juried Exhibition, Gresham City Hall Gallery, Juried by Mark Wooley, Gresham, OR 2002 Residency traveling exhibition, Hungarian Multicultural Center, City Museum, Balatonfured, Hungary

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kahneetaa says

I am certain it must be a great piece of work. Greetings from Poland.

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