Sleep of Reason
Sleep of Reason is based on a performance piece written and directed by Rachel Frank. Performed in New York City in 2010 and 2011, Sleep of Reason uses the allegorical narratives in Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos to examine the theatrical/performance implications of prisoner torture and abuse depicted in the Abu Ghraib photographs. Referencing his works, the piece suggests the recurrent darkness beneath the rational and enlightened society of today.
Silkscreen printed in black and white with metallic grays on Lennox paper. Hand-sewn binding with letterpress embossed cover.
10 x 13" 20 pages. Edition size: 50
©Rachel Frank, 2010
ISBN: 1-893125-75-0
Sleep of Reason was published during a residency at The Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY
The book can be purchased and viewed here
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Sleep of Reason is in the collection of:
Franklin Furnace, University of Delaware, Rochester Institute of Technology, John and Carol Tateishi, and Charles Frank.