Snap to Grid by Kelsey Reiman

Snap to Grid is an artist book and animation by 2021-2023 Black Rock Press Fellow Kelsey Reiman. This publication, designed by Reiman and printed at Black Rock Press at the University of Nevada, Reno, is the fourth artist book of the biennial Parley Project. Snap to Grid is an edition of 48 accordion books with Turkish map folds nested into the valleys of the structure. The animation follows the colors as they change throughout the spectrum. Every Turkish map fold is a unique print in the edition and corresponds to a single frame in the 1200 frame 100 second animation. The first book in the edition contains the first frame in each color within the animation and the edition continues on in that fashion. The animation was made by incrementally changing the pressure printing plates after every print, so that when all the prints were photographed and digitally sequenced, they created the illusion of continuous motion. This book employs systems, both real and arbitrary, to explore the relationship between digital and an analog processes, analytical and playful approaches and decorative and functional aesthetics.