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Pairidaez
March 2004, Bristol, UK
This project is part of a collection of artists' books put together by Tow Sowden at U.W.E. The books can be purchased in groups of ten as limited editions of thirty.
Paradise is a transliteration of the Persian word Pairidaez: pairi-, meaning 'around' and -daeza meaning 'wall'. These enclosing walls associated with a residence, originally constructed of mud or stone and encircled by wilderness, provided a degree of privacy essential to family life. The phrase was later spread by Islam, manifesting itself in the analogue of heaven.
This artists' book lays out the realities of a consumer's paradise in the 21st Century.
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These examples are prints taken directly from local property newspapers. |
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