Everything is the truth.

Artist's book, screen print (Limited Edition of 24)
6.5" x 6.5" x .75"
2013

$200

Everything is the truth, an English/Marathi artist book containing 24 crowd-sourced truths, paints readers an intimate portrait of Mumbai’s collective psyche in 2013.  Mumbai residents offered these often contradictory truths as part of the interactive, bilingual performance Certifying the Truth during which I certified any version of the truth presented me by a community member in Mumbai, India in February 2013.  Over the course of the 3-day performance I collected over 100 versions of the truth and through an editorial process chose 24 examples for this limited edition, handmade artists book.  Rather than a bound format, this box holds 24 loose cards with each truth in Marathi on one side, English on the other.  The non-hierarchical format allows viewers to freely read either of both languages, rearrange the truths, or single out one truth as particularly compelling.  The book’s conceptual form honors multiple authors, languages, and points of view simultaneously.