The Book AsMain MenuA Repository of InformationA PerformanceA JourneyJessie CarterA Conceptual Playground for Choice(sagesolar, 2014, “The king of hearts”)A Medium for Universal LanguageA Phenomenal ReadingA Relationship Between Recto and VersoA Vision of the FutureA Repository of LanguageKate Aberman74d96e55dd29b74bef0e0a20c2d79e879fab26ccEmmie Banksd3c00922e17d33400599c8143d1d353f7d36ea7aJessie Cartera6f04f02805133baaf416ab9fcd9a4a2b857b080Deanna Fayed2f0ded76fb9215a15ea7a11b638a892a604843bfGabby Huberta3f266b029aa2bada1c10fd4a31317d37a1bec9dKatherine King6125a92332113f4973e618b8e428aac70a6ed790Carol Leea596a4440954bb8282b044cb431f3d2b8a9a8e75Sarah Richmanbeb66f0b62cd0c55d75ac46cfcf447f52ffe6aa8Matthew Winz5800f51dc1a62f1d2397973f41e4b16a521351b3whitney trettienf2bbb7126b60dc1bee07050dccbd9d30f12d7b2b
The book itself as performance
12016-12-04T19:34:05-08:00Gabby Huberta3f266b029aa2bada1c10fd4a31317d37a1bec9d135564plain2016-12-30T17:45:09-08:00Gabby Huberta3f266b029aa2bada1c10fd4a31317d37a1bec9dThe first way to explore the complex relationship between books and performance is to consider the performative qualities of the book itself, unfettered by artistic intervention. Jerome McGann articulates this in his Radiant Textuality, where he extends the idea of every production of a score or play having a unique meaning to include different editions of the same text. This idea is represented well by the William Blake archive, which allows the user to compare side-by-side different versions of the same page of the same book. The diversity of these editions are striking, and certainly call into question the degree to which we can depend on books to present the truest possible representation of the author's original vision. We are also forced to consider the effect more subtle inconsistencies between editions - page breaks, margins, footnotes, typeface, et cetera - have on our interpretation of the text.
Any discussion of per goes hand-in-hand with its inverse, deformance.