The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations (2013)

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is an accordion book comprising Georges Polti’s 1895 list of every possible dramatic situation that might occur in a story. The interior was inkjet printed onto cartridge paper. The strips of printed paper were linked for the accordion with Lineco’s Document Repair Tape. The cover is 60lb cardstock. The cover is held shut with a wooden dowel carved from a toothpick.

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
by Georges Polti and Jane Knoll
San Rafael, California: Mrkgnao Press, 2013.
75 pages, 6.6 cm × 5.2 cm × 0.9 cm
Paper, wood, tape, inkjet
Unique