Shop > Artists' Books
#08926
Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist: A Guide for Primates
- Artist
- Bill Burns
- Price
- $15.00
- Date
- 2010
- Publisher
- YYZ Books
- Format
- Artists' Books
- Details
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 978-0-920397-57-2
- Size
- 12 × 17.1 cm
- Length
- 52
“This simple guide contains illustrations of some of the food, clothing, toiletries and reading material given to prisoners at the US Navel Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It also includes a list of popular songs that were played to the prisoners at high volume for prolonged periods of time. Although I have strived for the utmost accuracy in this guide, the information it contains is not exhaustive.”
So begins the introduction to Bill Burns’ beautifully understated Two Boiler Suits and a Playlist, which brings the conditions of prisoners being held at Guantánamo Bay into focus by cataloging the few available details of their living situations with lists, hand-drawn illustrations, and two color photographs.
The 52-page guide includes 18 line illustrations and two colour plates.
Edition of 450
Related Items
- Art Metropole
- 896 College St
- Toronto, Ontario
- M6H 1A4 Canada
- +1 416 703 4400
- Hours:
- Tuesday to Sunday
- 11AM to 6PM
Art Metropole is a non-profit artist-run centre established 1974 as a division of Art-Official Inc. We are grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, as well as our donors, members and volunteers.
Your donation assists in the development of contemporary art practices and programs for the general public. Art Metropole is certified by the Ontario Living Wage Network.
- Toronto Arts Council
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Canada Council
- Ontario Arts Council
