Emmett Williams
Genesis: A Light Poem
Lodz, Poland: International Artists' Museum, 1991
22 pp., 24 x 24 cm., hardcover
Edition of 95 signed and numbered copies
Genesis: A Light Poem - translated into Polish by Piotr Bikont and Andrzej Chetko - consists of twenty-two pages with embossed typography on hand pressed white paper, and a portrait of Emmett Williams on front and back cover.
During the book presentation in Lodz the artist recited the poem in a room lit by candles. After reading each letter he blew out a candle. By the time of the poem's end, the room was dark.
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