April 29th, 2010 / 3:57 pm
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Amy McDaniel
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Found-ish Poetry: The Sorted Books Project
Thanks to a tip from brilliant anthropologist Laura Jones, I found out about this thing called the Sorted Books Project, wherein the artist Nina Karchadourian has, since 1993, made these lovely little collage poems out of book spines from libraries and private collections. You read the titles in order to get the full text. Below, some of my favorites. On the site itself, you can click through any picture to get more images of collages made from the same collection.
Tags: nina karchadourian, sorted books project
i like this and her other projects!
i like this and her other projects!
Cooool. Shark 1, 2, 3 sudden violence, silence… like.
Cooool. Shark 1, 2, 3 sudden violence, silence… like.
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Somebody did something like this with Sassy magazine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28552145@N05/4559450558/in/photostream/
Somebody did something like this with Sassy magazine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28552145@N05/4559450558/in/photostream/
I like these. Very to the point but fun.
I like these. Very to the point but fun.
I think anybody with an ounce of irony who sorts books comes up with such stuff. Still, if you want to make a career out of it, good luck.
I think anybody with an ounce of irony who sorts books comes up with such stuff. Still, if you want to make a career out of it, good luck.
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