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Arkaeologika
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Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Critical Art Ensemble
Title
Arkaeologika
Date
1990
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged): ill.; 20 cm.
Description
"
Using
the
principle
of
détournement
,
which
emphasizes
the
possibility
of
revelation
through
chance
,
Arkaeologika
excerpts
archaeological
and
anthropological
texts
and
lays
them
out
like
poems
on the
page
.
Bound
on
three
sides
of a
square
, the
pages
from
each
of the
three
signatures
alternate
clockwise
,
weaving
the
book
closed
,
which
makes
the
process
of
reading
like
an
archaeological
excavation
.
Peeling
open
layer
upon
layer
, the
book
opens
out
into a
kind
of
site
map
where
the
texts
play
off
of
one
another
and
off
of the
line
drawings
printed
on the
interleaving
pages
. A
complex
physical
strucure
that
mirrors
the
complexity
of the
cultural
constructions
it
discusses.
"
www.printedmatter.org
Library
has
copy
no
.
30
of
100
.
Letterpress
printing
.
Book Type(s)
Artists' books
Binding
Sewn fold binding - paper cover
Process/Technique
Letterpress printing
Additional Reference(s)
Umbrella
,
vol
.
14
,
no
.
1
,
June
1991
,
p
.
8
.
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Critical Art Ensemble
Title
Arkaeologika
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Cover
Image Description
The
title
of the
book
"
Arkaeologika
", a
drawing
and the
cord
that
wraps
the
book
.
ImageID
artb43525A
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Content
Arkaeologika
Cover
Book, opened
Book, folded out
Arkaeologika
Cover
Book, opened
Book, folded out
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