Book Exchange, 2010. Powder Coated Steel and books | 2m x 1.9mRemember back in 2008 when Sarah Palin was trying to censor some books from the Wasilla, Alaska public library? (In case your memory is a bit fuzzy please see our post, The Wasilla 90: An Internet Legend is Born as well as the other links below)Luckily Warren Neidich does. For his 2010 piece Book Exchange Neidich "designed [a] rotating book shelf to hold all the books Sarah Palin supposedly wanted censored from her local library in Wasilla Alaska.Then he invited members of the community to come to the gallery bearing...
The Altered Bibles of Linda Ekstrom
Circling Altered Bible 9d x 9w x 9h bi·ble/ˈbībəl/Noun:The Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.The Jewish scriptures, consisting of the Torah, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa.For the believers it is the word of god. For others it is a tool of oppression and for some simply a book of stories taken way too literally. Homeland, 2001. Altered Bible 6d x 12w x 2.5h inchesFor Linda Ekstrom it is the foundation of her 'Word' series. Why not start at the source.Ekstrom is no heathen, her work "is a direct extension and materialization of [her] religious practice and interest...
The Universe Bound: Astronomical by Mishka Henner
We are all well aware that the reading of books can open up new worlds but who knew you could fit the entire universe in a set of 12 books.Mishka Henner does just that with Astronomical; twelve hefty volumes representing a scale model of our solar system from the Sun to Pluto with the width of each page representing one million kilometers! The Sun pops up in Volume 1 and Pluto closes out the set on the last page of Volume 12 and there is a plethora of darkness in between and just like that the entire universe is contained between the...
Happy Holidays!
- Bookflake - A Snowflake made out of red books via Paul Octavious
Banksy of the Book Art World
Book art piece found at the National Library of Scotland Is there a Banksy-style book artist roaming the streets of Scotland? Last month, the book art piece above was found at the National Library of Scotland. It was the fourth piece found since March in a book-friendly location in Scotland. All references are devised from the work of Scottish mystery writer Ian Rankin and include a note professing some book love. First it was the Scottish Poetry Library where a 'poetree' was discovered on a bookshelf. The 'poetree,' comprised of intricately cut pages, had a note attached referencing...