The Mechanical Word
Artist writer: Karen Bleitz
Categories: Reference / Essays
Reference no.:R/Ble.K/14.00 Place/Shelf:Verso/Code(X) monograph BOX
| Book title: | The Mechanical Word |
| Published by: | The Codex Foundation |
| Year made: | 2014 |
| Place made: | USA |
| Original: | Yes |
| Dimensions: | 140 x 195 |
| Binder: | commercial binding |
| Physical description: | stapled booklet |
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| This book is no.9 in the Codex Foundation Code(x) +1 Monograph Series.
“Whenever asked to talk about The Mechanical Word I begin by saying, “The Mechanical Word is a series of books in which I constructed a mechanical language composed of cogs, cranks, levers and gears…” I have learned, however, that as soon as I say ‘mechanical language’ I am immediately bombarded with a thousand questions such as ‘What’s a mechanical language? What does it look like? How does it work? What is it for anyway?’… At the time the project began I had been looking at the various properties of language. I was particularly interested in its power to define, and through definition create the things, people, and events that take place in the world. In the hands of the media I could see that words had the power to turn a cloned sheep from a miracle, to a monster, and back into a miracle within the space of a page.” Karen Bleitz |
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| Artist writer: | Karen Bleitz () |
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