In some iterations of the project, the objects occupied a bookstore; in another, they act as an installation in a gallery. Most interesting, though, is when they attempt to circulate within contemporary market networks using eBay as a platform.
The Architecture of Books is a seminar taught by Reto Geiser at the Rice University School of Architecture. Students are introduced to the book as a means to think about the production of space, and as a critical vessel to discuss and disseminate architectural ideas.
Monday, September 30, 2013
book as public thing (some fantastic covers)
Chicago/Urbana artist Conrad Bakker paints wooden blocks. On them, he re-creates vintage editions of books ranging in subject from continental philosophy to DIY culture. By gathering them into a collection and arranging them for display, the book-objects become a kind of distributed public space: platforms for discussion and tactile points of gravity for an otherwise dispersed collective.
In some iterations of the project, the objects occupied a bookstore; in another, they act as an installation in a gallery. Most interesting, though, is when they attempt to circulate within contemporary market networks using eBay as a platform.
In some iterations of the project, the objects occupied a bookstore; in another, they act as an installation in a gallery. Most interesting, though, is when they attempt to circulate within contemporary market networks using eBay as a platform.
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