Idiot. Kris Martin, 2005.Kris Martin's work provides a humorous existential twist on the ready-made.One of the seeds of his current show at Kestner Gesellschaft is Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot.For his 2005 piece Martin copied the entire text of the novel in his hand. It took him 5 months!There was one catch:He replaced every mention of Prince Myshkin with his own name!More if the exhibit at Contemporary Art Daily
The Return of Mother Nature: The Miniature World of Lori Nix
Circulation Desk, 2012Lori Nix things big and works small. Her project "The City", which began in 2005, seeks to recreate in miniature everyday urban spaces in a post apocalyptic world. The people are gone and what remains are these deteriorating spaces and their ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Nix says:I have imagined a city of our future, where something either natural or as the result of mankind, has emptied the city of it's human inhabitants. Art museums, Broadway theaters, laundromats and bars no longer function. The walls are deteriorating, the ceilings are falling in, the structures barely stand, yet Mother Nature is slowly...
Words outside: The Work of Jim Sanborn
A Comma, A, 2004. Copper, international language texts, light, black granite paving inlay6'x26'x80. Plaza in front of the new library, University of Houston, Houston, TXJim Sanborn's sculptures grace the landscapes of a number of universities, museums and government buildings. From outside the C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, VA to the front entrance of the University of Houston library Sanborn's works entice the passerby to engage.Rippawam, 1999. Rolled copper, Native American texts with English translationSize: 6'x26'x4'. University of Connecticut, Stamford, CTWhether it is his series of lighted installations that have featured Native American, Latin and "international language" texts splattered all over the surrounding space or his series of...
Bibliomania by Rosalie Osman
Bibliomania a film by Rosalie OsmanOsman, a freelance animator based in Melbourne, Australia, describes her film as follows:A twisted fairytale about a young man obsessed with the acquisition of books to the detriment of all else. Having inherited his father's library as well as his lust for books, Thomas Phillips casts his greedy eyes on the town to feed his ever growing collection. Thomas's book-lust reaches epic proportions as the film approaches its thrilling climax.Twisted or not, it is refreshing to see the subject dealt with in the format.h/t a writer's desk
Into the Wonderland of Books
Here is a sampling of Charles Santoso's series of illustrations, Into the Wonderland of Books, that were created for the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Sydney, Australia. The images were used in their holiday catalog and where also used for window and interior displays.See the entire series here