Gutenberg

Bateman, Edward

Verlag: Book Arts Studio, Rare Books Division of Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002

Beschreibung

Twenty-fourmo [9 cm] Black floppy disc covers bound with two silver metal rings. Sealed with a white paper band, with the title printed in black. Printed on Rives BFK. The typeface is Mrs. Eaves designed by Zuzana Licko of Emigre. A book written and designed by Edward Bateman. This is number 8 in an edition of 24. The covers of this book are 3.5-inch floppy diskettes. Fine paper, letterpress printed, bound within. "This text is not the book. In the covers of this book is the real book or, rather, many books. The Odyssey. The New Testament. Tao Te Ching. The Canterbury Tales. Huckleberry Finn. A Tale of Two Cities. The Tempest. Pride and Prejudice. Hamlet. They are stored as magnetic fields in a coating of iron oxide, really just rust glued to a disc of plastic. Sometime, about five years from now, the binders that hold the iron oxide to the substrate will begin to break down. In this process, these books will begin to disappear. [.] After a time all of the words will be gone. After a time all of the books will be gone. This text, then will be the book.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 62487

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Gutenberg

Verlag: Book Arts Studio, Rare Books Division of Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Erscheinungsdatum: 2002

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: Limited Edition.