El paseo de Buster Keaton
2025
Lorca's surreal play printed in a one hundred year old encyclopedia
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Federico García Lorca's surreal play El paseo de Buster Keaton was written in 1925 for his friend Salvador Dalí. It concerns a stroll by Buster Keaton through the country side (sometimes on his bicycle) and the odd and fantastical creatures and events he encounters.
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In this artists' book, the entire play occurs in the pages of a 1920's encyclopedia. The play's events start taking over the encyclopedia's pages: the encyclopedia's drawing's become the play's protagonists; stage directions become handwritten notes in the page's margins; and surrealist games, like the Exquisite Corpse, are played.
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Each book in this edition of 29 is unique as each book is printed from a different section of the original encyclopedia (if you put all 29 books together, side by side and in order, you reconstitute the original, nearly 3,000 page long, encyclopedia).
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La obra surrealista de Federico García Lorca El paseo de Buster Keaton fue escrita en 1925 para su amigo Salvador Dalí. Trata sobre un paseo de Buster Keaton por el campo (a veces en bicicleta) y las extrañas y fantásticas criaturas y acontecimientos con los que se encuentra.
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En este libro de artista, toda la obra se desarrolla en las páginas de una enciclopedia de la década de 1920. Los acontecimientos de la obra comienzan a apoderarse de las páginas de la enciclopedia: los dibujos de la enciclopedia se convierten en los protagonistas de la obra; las acotaciones escénicas se convierten en notas manuscritas en los márgenes de las páginas; y se juegan juegos surrealistas, como el Cadáver Exquisito.
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Cada libro de esta edición de 29 ejemplares es único, ya que cada uno está impreso a partir de una sección diferente de la enciclopedia original (si se colocan los 29 libros juntos, uno al lado del otro y en orden, se reconstituye la enciclopedia original de casi 3000 páginas).
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The book's cover is made from segments of the original Enciclopedia Sopena's cover.
The play begins with Buster Keaton stabbing his four children.
A spread using the encyclopedia's original color plates.
The hand written text in the margins is the play's stage directions.
A surrealist exquisite corpse game breaks out in the book's pages.
Specifications
El paseo de Buster Keaton is created with a mix of letterpress printing (wood and metal type), silk screening, laser cutting, and hand painting.
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This book was created and printed by Peter Duffin at the Animales de Lorca print shop in Valencia, Spain in 2024/25. The silk screen prints were produced at the Lanevera print shop in Valencia, Spain.
El paseo de Buster Keaton is an edition of 29 though each book is unique as each book is printed on a different section of the original 100-year-old Encicolpedia Sopena.
Book: 175mm x 248mm​
96 pages
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