PAUL CUPIDO - 4 am (SIGNED)

PAUL CUPIDO
4 am

Self-published, 2021
Book size 21 x 14 cm
Pages 198 visible pages
Softcover
Graphic Design: Akiko Wakabayashi
Printed by Robstolk Amsterdam
Japanese perfect bound
On artisan Takeo paper, shipped by boat from Japan to Amsterdam
Limited edition of 500
Signed and numbered by the artist

“Moon woke me up
nine times
— still just 4 am”

It's a haiku from Bashō -traveler through seventeenth-century Japan- that forms the central idea of ​​the book 4 am
 
The book is an experience, a journey at 4 am, the zone in which the boundaries between the physical and spiritual realms are nearly non-existent. Or more simple: the moment in which the dream world and the real world are overlapping.

This book was printed on artisan Biotope Cotton paper, which was shipped by boat from Japan to Amsterdam. The boutique printers Robstolk are famous for their "skeleton" black, and a frequency modulated raster grid, which makes offset printing look like analogous photographic printing. 4 am was "perfect" Japanese bound with cold glue by Agia Bookbinders, including a belly band with a screen print in matt gold bronze.

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"The moon woke me up
Nine times
– always at 4 a.m.

It is a haiku by Bashō, a famous itinerant of 17th century Japan, which forms the central idea of ​​the book 4 am

The book is an experience, a journey to 4 a.m., the zone in which the boundaries between the physical and spiritual realms are almost nonexistent. Or more simply: the moment when the dream world and the real world overlap.

This book was printed on Biotope Cotton handmade paper, which was shipped by boat from Japan to Amsterdam. The printers at Robstolk are famous for their "skeleton" black and their frequency modulated screen grid, which makes the offset print look like an analogue photographic print. 4am was a "perfect" Japanese cold glue binding by Agia Bookbinders, including a belly band with a matte gilt bronze screen print.