What is the purpose of the book nowdays?
At a time when the notion of the book is challenged by the advent of the screen and computer……….for the last three years I attempt to re-contextualize books that become ‘significant objects’ not to be read, but experienced within the physical space.
Addressing books as ‘objects’ rather than sacred cultural artifacts.
Within an obsessive cultural context of hypertexts, virtual communication, the internet and the commodification of the book, intented through this expanded installation to encourage viewers to consider how we now address traditional modes of relaying knowledge, such as through the use of textbooks, encyclopedia and atlases.
I prompt viewers to explore ideas of materiality juxtaposed with new notions of accumulating and communicating knowledge.
