He's at the beach,around the military, in the classroom,hey and there he is with former President Bill Clinton,he's at the hotel,and the bus stop,and there he is on the bridge....Roberto Murillo Martin Gomez seems to be everywhere in his hometown of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia."Libri, libri freschi, libri belli!" (Books! Fresh books! Beautiful books!) is his call and as you can see he pushes his Literary Cart with purpose.La Carreta Literaria ¡Leamos! (The Literary Cart! Read!) is first ballot bookmobile hall of fame.Two-minute video profile of Gomez (in Spanish)Roberto Murillo Martin Gomez on Google+: h/tPreviously on Book Patrol:Have you hugged your bookmobile...
Wordpharmacy: Take two verbs and call me in the morning
Wordpharmacy is a concrete poetical work from Danish language poet, Morten Søndergaard. Playing with the language of pharmaceutical products Søndergaard has a field day. The work consists of ten medicine boxes, each representing one of the ten word-groups with each box containing a leaflet that functions as an instructional poem.Like pills, language is something to be consumed by the body, and in turn it does not only affect our conceptions of things, but it also comes to designate our very corporal movability in the world. Consequently, words are not only something we consume, they are refractory entities that in turn define and consume us. Wordpharmacy can be...
Library Catering on Wheels
The Seattle Public Library has unleashed Books on Bikes, a full service library on wheels.The pilot program will bring library services to popular community events via bike this summer. The book bikes will also cater their load to the event they are attending. Think LGBT material for the Gay Pride Parade or kids books for a pop-up storytime at a neighborhood park or books on music and folk culture for the FolkLife Festival.A total of 11 Library staff members make up the Books on Bikes team. The trailer was developed and constructed by Colin Stevens, who runs Haulin' Colin in...
Curt Lund: Book Surgeon
Exhibition Title Graphics, Minneapolis Central LibraryFrom his graphic design work to his altered book pieces Curt Lund is pretty adept at handling his scalpel. He turns some of his hand-cut works into elaborate book dioramas. Here is a sampling from his work:Poster for MCBAFrom the series The West, (2007-08). Hand-cut and burned books, found images, found objects.Stones from the River, (2010). Hand-carved altered book, stones.Chemistry, (2010). Hand-cut altered book, glass.Field Guide, (2010). Hand-cut altered book, glass.Curt Lund on Behance
Book Wash
Note: There is no sound on this videos - please choose your own background music and enjoy! If you do come up with the perfect soundtrack please let us know in the comments.Información Científica Internaciona (ICI) is first Mexican company formed by professional librarians and archivists to serve and cater to the libraries of Mexico and beyond..These videos, from late 2008, showcase a couple of contraptions used in the cleaning and maintenance of books. The English translates to Automatic Cleaning System and it looks like they took the technology of the car wash and applied it to books. Oh, and in the...