ann hamilton o n e e v e r y o n e • ohio

This newsprint book was made by Ann Hamilton for the sesquicentennial celebrations
at The Ohio State University and is part of an ongoing public art project, O N E E V E R Y O N E. Thick as an old phone book, its 1,200 pages are filled with images of people photographed behind a translucent membrane that renders in focus only those points where the body touches the material surface. Hidden, but revealed by
touch, the resulting portraits hold a sense of privacy and intimacy. These figures, isolated and ethereal, are perhaps the alone together we are living in this moment.
The people pictured in this book are students, faculty, staff, and other members of the Ohio State community who offered to participate in the project. They were photographed in two main campus arteries, the Thompson Library and the Wexner Center for the Arts, who collaborated in support of the fall 2019 exhibition project HERE and Hamilton’s project titled when an object reaches for your hand.