Posts tagged with “books”
Posted 9 months ago
A Giant Labyrinth Constructed from 250,000 Books | Colossal
The cavalcade of art projects surrounding the 2012 Summer Olympics in London continues today with the completion of this enormous book maze designed and built by Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo (and over fifty volunteers) at Southbank Centre. Entitled aMAZEme, the stacked and twisting labyrinth based on a fingerprint belonging to writer Jorge Luis Borges was built using 250,000 remaindered, used and new books, most of which are on loan from Oxfam and will be returned after the exhibit. The piece covers over 500 square metres, with sections standing up to 2.5 metres high and will be on display in the Clore Ballroom through August 25th. Watch the time-lapse video to see the entire project come together, the volunteers worked through the night for five days to finish in time.
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Home/1 : the loot (some of it)
- Rolling Stone March 2012, Jon Stewart interviews Bruce Springsteen
- Infinite City, a San Francisco Atlas (probably my favourite of all the purchases, bought at City Lights Books)
- Criterion Collection DVDs: Amarcord and Vanya on 42nd St, great bargains found at Newbury Comics in Boston
- Love and Hydrogen by Jim Shepard, recommended by ecantwell, found at the amazing Powell’s Books of Portland, my new favourite bookstore in the world (thanks kateoplis and brianstowell for the tip)
- The Zinester’s Guide to Portland (I also had the guide to NYC, previously seen on NoBordersMagazine)
- Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac (also from Powell’s of Portland, city of bridges, roses, and bikes)
- PDX 100, One Hundred drawings of Portland from a random underground comics store in the Pearl district of Portland
- Inuit Art: Birds, I can’t remember where I got this from, but some of you will be receiving samples from this awesome collection of cards. Keep an eye on the post near your birthday
- Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball / Josh Ritter, Hello Starling (first issue, now out of print!)/ Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest - all from the wondrous Amoeba music store in San Francisco
- Not For Tourist Guide to San Francisco - useful to navigate the ups and downs of the city
- The Peanuts Moleskine diary 2013 - I didn’t know Charles M. Schulz was
from San Francisco anda Giants fan! Yeah, that’s because he wasn’t quite. Thanks mightyflynn for setting the record straight.
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Four hours in San Francisco, three books purchased at the legendary City Lights Bookshop.
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So, Geoff Dyer has written a book about Tarkovsky’s Stalker, one of the greatest films ever made.
According to the Guardian’s review, this should be right up my street. Good excuse to rewatch the film, and to spend a few pennies on a hardback.
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