The Mind Is The Body Artist Book

The Mind is the Body

This artist book merges image creation and book design into a tactile visual journey. Printed on thick cardboard, it translates Lisa Gutscher’s poetic bodywork into a child-like, archival voyage through found imagery by the artist and her story telling.

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The Mind Is The Body Artist Book merges image creation and book design into a tactile visual journey. Developed by CTP – Conversation Taking Place, the book translates Lisa Gutscher’s poetic bodywork into a child-like, archival voyage. Printed on thick cardboard, the publication features found imagery by the artist combined with storytelling, which invites the reader into an intimate exploration of body and mind.

Poetic Visual Storytelling and Archival Exploration

Lisa Gutscher’s work embodies a poetic approach to bodywork therefore this is reflected in the artist book’s design. Moreover, the tactile qualities of the thick cardboard pages enhance the sensory experience. Through the combination of found images and narrative, The Mind Is The Body offers an archival journey that feels both nostalgic and deeply personal.

Innovative Book Design as Artistic Medium

The artist book not only presents artwork but also uses book design as a medium to extend the themes of Lisa Gutscher’s practice. Furthermore, the visual flow and materiality create an immersive experience that blurs the line between visual art and object. As a result, readers are invited to physically engage with the content.

About Lisa Gutscher and Her Work

Lisa Gutscher is an artist whose work explores the intersections of body, image, and narrative. Her poetic bodywork practice inspires the unique format of The Mind Is The Body. To learn more about her practice, visit lisagutscher.com.

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Printed on thick cardboard, this book throws you right back into the child-like explorer mode we know from when we were young. It illustrates the mindful written words of Lisa Gutscher journey through the inner body by based on a large archive from found images, screenshots and other image sources to unfold a whole new world in front of your eyes.

Journeying into the body they present a fantastic tapestry of stories and visuals. Like a children's science book, Gutscher reveals before us readers the magic of the body without confining it to machinic partitioning, binary oppositions or theory as such. It is stories, both visual and textual, that are the fuel and destination of this journey:
inside her, so many very different things are working together to keep her alive. a single cell in her body has more memory than the conscious mind has. inside her cells, mitochondria, a previously independent form of life, have found a haven and trade their ability to synthesize proteins and metabolize fats for room to live and reproduce. we're in her cells too now, and the cells have accepted us. – written by Ben Livne Weitzman.

Behind the scenes of creating the complex imagery from the artists countless resources of material.

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