Each New Book
Letterpress printer: Alan Loney
Categories: Reference / Essays
Reference no.:R/Lon.A/08.00 Place/Shelf:Verso/Code(X) monograph BOX
| Book title: | Each New Book |
| Published by: | The Codex Foundation |
| Year made: | 2008 |
| Place made: | USA |
| Original: | Yes |
| Dimensions: | 140 x 195 |
| Binder: | commercial binding |
| Physical description: | stapled booklet |
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| This book is no. 3 in the Codex Foundation Code(x) + 1 Monograph Series.
“There is no doubt that fine press books propose a value for their material existence per se. This value could be seen as a replacement/rejection of the ‘spiritual’ value of the ‘sacred’ object. This is not merely the slip of my prejudices showing (tho I do not deny it is that) but also the whole undergarment in contrast to the invisible threads by which the ‘sacred’ has bound communities together over against other communities. The chosen book is the chosen community, even in the avant garde. The question remains – how do I value the book without rendering it ‘sacred’ – even if the sacred is read simply as ‘a thing apart’” Alan Loney |
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| Letterpress printer: | Alan Loney () |
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