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One of 22 copies, each signed and numbered by the artist, all on Somerset and Hiromi papers, 20 copies for sale (2 reserved for the artist). Page size: 8 x 5", 12 panel accordion. Bound: tan Japanese cloth over boards, printed in green and black with image of green apple, "the same" printed in black on tan label on front, "and yet" printed in black on green label on back. In glassine, plus green and yellow folding box designed by Peter Schell. The text is letterpress from magnesium and polymer plates. 

It was designed on a macintosh and printed in Gill Sans. The photography is by Yukari Hayashida and the text by Ian Ganassi. The drawings, printing and binding are by Roni Gross. Here, a deceptively simple structure turns more complicated on closer examination. One side of the accordion has simple drawings that become more and more specific along with an accumulating text, while the other side uses photography to convey a movement language with an accompanying commentary. The images are pop ups (or indents) alternating on each side. The artist describes the book as an "examination of how we use language to create a memory which we believe will make time stand still...". "One side of the accordion has simple drawings that become more and more specific along with an accumulating text, while the other side uses photography to convey a movement language with an accompanying commentary." "Green apple in a yellow dish" eventually becomes "green granny smith apple, waxed and shiny, with white freckles, and, missing a stem hole,...". 

Donated by Priscilla Juvelis, Inc, Kennebunkport, Maine.