January 2012
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Evaluation
I have now set up my final piece, after testing out cool boxes and mini fridges I finally decided to use a table top freezer as that really is the only way to keep the books in their icy state for as long as necessary. I placed the freezer on a table with a sofa facing it so that people could sit and read the books if they choose. I also put down a rug so that when people read the books and the...
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Research for Display Methods
Planning the way I am going to display my frozen books I have research the display of books, such as Traditional library settings and book shelves.
I have also looked into unique shelves created by artists and designers such as these
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/04/customized-book-side-tables/
http://ricochetstudio.blogspot.com/2008/05/shelf-clamp.html
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Contextual References
These are some of the artists and projects I have researched throughout my project that link to or have influenced my book experiments and final piece:
As previously stated in my blog I began by looking at fossilization and petrification, and artist Jacek Tylicki and Diana Bell.
I then explored appropriation artists, and in particular artists who use and change books such as:
Jaqueline Rush...
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The anti-Library →
This project was suggested to me by a tutor, it really relates to my work as it is looking at creating a collection of unread books. Its a really interesting piece and way of using the books people haven’t read. This really relates to my project because I have decided to use unread books, books from myself and friends that we have bought but never read.