Mikhail Karasik

Mausefalle

Mousetrap

St. Petersburg 1998

160 x 75 mm.

Mousetrap is a short text by Karasik in computer-print

on grey paper which is on mounted on six cardboard

panels. The panels are joined together with linen

and harmonica folded between wooden covers, the

front cover being an actual working (but never used)

mousetrap. To close the book, a shoelace has been

added. This book was conceived in conjunction with

the exhibition around the theme ‘mousetrap’ held in

the St. Petersburg gallery Borei in 1998. The artist

constructed the playful book in a small edition of only

5 copies. The Mousetrap is kept in a grey cardboard

slipcase.