Chi l'ha detto che i libri si leggono?! Andrea Dezso e Noriko Ambe

Chi ha detto che i libri si debbono soltanto leggere?!
Eccovi qui qualche gioco che con gratificante disincanto si puo fare intorno alla letteratura per renderla meno astratta e piu visiva.
Esistono fior di siti che repertoriano tutte le tecniche finalizate al recupero dei libri,il che mi fà sospettare una certa mancanza di immaginazione,non negli artisti che se ne occupano ma nei governi che si ostinano a tenere in patria milioni di testi (destinati al macero) che potrebbero benissimo essere ceduti a paesi e nazioni che ne hanno un immenso bisogno (...)
Andrea Dezsö Galleria
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Andrea Dezso

New York Center for Book Arts graduate and Parsons School Of Art teacher, Hungarian born Andrea Dezsö wears the hats of book artist, journaler and paper artist - a trifecta here at the Rag & Bone Blog! And she’s a teacher too - awesome. And her husband was in the Peace Corps - when will it stop?
Andrea’s work features traditional techniques such as embroidery and bookbinding, but thematically include edgy narratives influenced by her memories of growing up in Hungary as well as Transylvanian legends and folklore.
The New York Times interviewed Andrea in June with photos of her handmade books. Andreas work has been featured in McSweeneys with a dust jacket and poster for issue #23. Her illustrative style has roots in communist culture, while also bringing to life underworld and otherworldly creatures. She creates paper-tunnel theaters, little dioramas with flashing LED lights, like modern day Kabuki theater.
Her one-of-a kind handmade books showcase her intricate illustrations and water colors, some with pop-up scenes. Be sure to visit her gallery pages at the Parsons site for lots of inspiration.

Noriko Ambe

July 17, 2007

Tokyo artist Noriko Ambe cuts pages of open books to create three dimensional interior landscapes. Viewed from above, they have an almost organic quality and it’s difficult to see where the book form ends and the structure itself removed from the medium begins. They’re a little different from the representational paper cut books we’ve seen before from Su Blackwell and Georgia Russell, who both alter books in response to their written contents. Noriko also cuts stacks of white paper to create landscapes which look like architectural models. See her Web site for more.
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