Hi Helen: Thank you for the two sites. I collect them all. BTW, if you click on images on my Pinterest site, they link you to the originating site itself.
Unfortunately, books are treated not as a complex art object by itself (content, binding, font, illustration, material its printed on, format, etc.). In most instances, the books or magazines are used only for their physical qualities - perhaps with exception of artists like Sue Blackwell re-creating the scene from the Alice in Wonderland, or, Ragnhildur Jóhanns creating poetry of his own out of cut-out words. Even Nicholas Jones and Brian Dettmer are relating to the content of the books they create their art from. Any other art or craft objects are using books as a mundane building material (Dalhousie University students built a hut from unused telephone books, Liu Wei built skyscrapers sculpture from old schoolbooks...). Madrid-based Alicia Martin shows our attitude toward printed culture represented by books - among others - by pouring them out the windows onto the streets. Is it an image of information overflow? Disrespect for paper-based culture being surrounded by digital-based one? Other media are recycled or, upcycled, too. Have a look at the boards Crafts (http://pinterest.com/terimm53/crafts/), Crafts - Textile, Jewelry and beading, Mixed media or, Wood and steel art. Here are just a few: CDs, chips, construction waste material, pencils, old Lego blocks, plastic shopping bags, drift wood, plastic bottles, bottle caps, toys, clothes, are items that are used and re-used again. As a librarian I had to "downsize" the collections myself. Many of the items ended on the landfill. If just a few end up as a new art form, it's for the better. Concluding, the issue is complex. The louder the issue is voiced the better. I think we are replacing a media that lasted for centuries for a media that is still extremely fragile. But this is a point for another discussion. Best wishes and happy HHs, Terezia Matus Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:36:46 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ha-Safran] using books in art After I sent the library committee co-chair a link to a pinterest page of book art, he sent me these interesting links.Destroying Books For Art: Photographs By Cara Barer http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/sep/22/cara-barers-book-photography/ Books & Broadsideshttp://library.osu.edu/about/departments/preservation/book-arts-division/books-broadsides/ __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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