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Jackson is attracted to the method for its democratic potential - anyone can use photocopiers, both as a creative tool and as a printing press, to produce art works of their own.\n\nThis artist's book comprises two separate works, in an accordion folded format. The first work, 'Votes For Women' presents a series of found images relating to the suffragette movement in Edwardian England, which have been partially distorted and printed in red. The frontispiece is a portrait of Lady Constance Lytton who was active in the movement and the work ends with a short text about her activism.\n\nDue to its dos-à-dos format, the book can then be turned over to reveal a second work entitled 'Exercises for the Growing Girl' printed in green, which reproduces an article from an Edwardian magazine with this title by Marion Malcolm. The text is accompanied by a series of found images of a woman exercising. 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