Mikhail Karasik

Трудовая книжка

The labour book

St. Petersburg 2001

320 x 240 mm.

inclination is similar in concept to the concurrent

publication The passport. The 30 copy edition size

is again an enlargement of an official document.

The artist’s text is printed on top of the official pages

in silkscreen. This time there are no photographic

illustrations. Only text published under the imprint

M.K. Publishers. The book is presented in a cardboard

folder entitled Personal Records, printed with handset

letterpress. An appendix with an English translation of

the text is included.