Lost in Books
Aren't these visually stunning photographs the most amazing arrangement of books you have ever seen?
The photos are thanks to my talented friend Hadas, who is almost finished her visit in her home city, Tel Aviv. The artistic display of books can be found at the Beauty and the Book exhibit in The Isreal Museum.
Beauty and the Book focuses on the visual aspects of books, and suggests reading them as one "reads" a work of art. Like art, books are a mixture of matter and spirit, manual labor, thought, and creativity. They have shape, color, dimensions, substance, and other qualities, and the concept of beauty emerges from the different combinations and interactions of all these qualities.
The installation is entitled Idiom, and was created by the artist Matej Kren.
The tower is constructed from thousands of books, collected from libraries and publishers in the country in which the tower is to be built.
Take some time to explore the Virtual Tour of the exhibit, as well as the exhibit web page. It is a bibliophilic feast for the eyes, heart and soul. How I wish I could see it live!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Hadas, for sharing these heavenly images! See you soon!
that's just awesome. i wish i could land up a job at the "tower". thanks for the link.
Posted by: Vikram | January 17, 2006 at 03:15 PM
Oh my goodness. I have never, ever seen anything like this before. How utterly amazing. I am gobsmacked!
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Posted by: patricia | January 17, 2006 at 03:34 PM
Wow, that is brilliant. Thanks for sharing that.
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Hehe. Great word, isn't it? ;)
Posted by: kimbofo | January 18, 2006 at 02:26 PM
Really cool. Thanks for posting the pictures. I want to go make a tower of books now.
Posted by: Monique | January 18, 2006 at 07:59 PM
The books might be a way to speak to Palestinian and Israeli extemists. Make thy peace amongst good books!
Posted by: Marco | January 19, 2006 at 09:52 PM
Wow!
Have you seen this site? http://www.thisintothat.com/
Posted by: Julie | January 20, 2006 at 08:30 PM
Wonderful! Thanks Julie, for that link!
Posted by: patricia | January 20, 2006 at 08:42 PM
Wow! Now I know what to do with all the boxes of books I don't have bookshelf space for...
Posted by: David | January 22, 2006 at 09:21 AM
Those are awesome! Thanks for sharing. A similar thing, but a bit older: books shelved by color! http://www.poormojo.org/pmjadaily/archives/001943.html
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