Yes, it's as if the meaning of texts is relayed only as they are being read, and once having done their jobs, the texts snap back into simple visual forms again. As in your school books, they faithfully relayed information then but have stayed "closed" ever since.
If you don’t know it already, you might find the work of Canadian artist Greg Curnoe interesting. Curnoe used quite a bit of drawn, painted, and stamped text in his work. And it was often staggered and cropped in ways that gave it new or open contexts.
Yes, it's as if the meaning of texts is relayed only as they are being read, and once having done their jobs, the texts snap back into simple visual forms again. As in your school books, they faithfully relayed information then but have stayed "closed" ever since.
The idea of things “staying read” - I’m going to chew on that for a while. (I guess it stayed read?) Very cool piece!
If you don’t know it already, you might find the work of Canadian artist Greg Curnoe interesting. Curnoe used quite a bit of drawn, painted, and stamped text in his work. And it was often staggered and cropped in ways that gave it new or open contexts.
Fascinating read!
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