10/23/2026
🔦 Special Collections Spotlight! 🔦
Title: Arrhythmia
Book Artists: Alain Co & Emiland Kray
"Arrhythmia is a collaborative artist book by Alain Co and Emiland Kray. The content of this book explores the clinging nature of past trauma and how those cycles persist within the lived realities of each artist. Pulled directly from the journals of Co and Kray, the text within this book shows hopelessness, violence, loneliness, worry, and fear in their most vulnerable states. This book was created with the intention that sharing these inner monologues could be a moment of recognition and comradery for individuals who suffer the same thoughts, harmful patterns, and compulsions. The book's size is a testament to this. Arrhythmia can fit within the palm of your hand and can be cradled by the pressure from your fingers as they wrap around it. The preciousness of these thoughts and the preciousness of this object go hand-in-hand. Furthermore, the bronze cast slipcase will change color due to oxidation the more it is handled with bare skin. Meaning that this piece's color will become richer and more nuanced if given physical affection over time, just as we strive to do as humans to each other everyday. This artwork through rawness and horrific honesty gives readers a chance to receive that vulnerability with firm acceptance and love." -- Artists' statement.
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