From “The Laws of Light,” a play by Aram Saroyan Book designed and printed by Columbia College Chicago Interdisciplinary Arts Book & Paper graduate students, 2011
Aram Saroyan’s brilliant meditation on writers living under a totalitarian regime focuses on Osip Mandelstam’s 1934 poem against Stalin, which he paid for with his life. The book has been widely praised for its design, which evokes a KGB dossier.
The centerpiece of the Four Monologues app is a 25-minute film of the monologues, directed by Columbia College theatre professor Brian Shaw, with performances by professional actors. Six departments at the college participated in making the film.