FEAR
Karl Haendel
2013
304 pages
English
Hardcover
5 x 8 inches (127 x 203 mm)
Color and B&W
Edition of 1000
Published by Double Ampersand Press
Designed in collaboration with Jesse Willenbring
Produced as a project for the 12th Biennale de Lyon, September 12, 2013 - January 5, 2014
FEAR is a hardcover yellow and black object. It is a broad sampling of the disparate fears, insecurities, and anxieties running through contemporary western society. The texts were culled by the author from numerous websites, message boards, and online community groups where fears around a myriad of issues are discussed. The texts were then edited together to create a narrative, one quote leading into the next, so that as the story moves through different fears (e.g., poverty, loneliness, illness, judgement, violence) it develops into a single narrative by 276 scared and anonymous authors.