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'''Enemies of books''', Olle Essvik, Förlag Rojal | |||
I download the book from the Internet, ''Enemies of book''”, written by William Blades, published in 1881. A book on the decay of books. The enemies of the physical book – fire, water, gas, the bookworm, dirt, bigotry etc. A digitized book with no identity. Black letters on a white background. I buy a copy of the book from 1881. A yellowed, and stained copy. The book bears traces of a former owner, a certain Dr. Sarolea. Newspaper cuttings on his death and his extensive book collection. I compare the two texts, the original and the digitized copy. Using my computer I create a tool for binding books. I combine and modify traditional tools that have been used for hundreds of years and print out the components on a 3D-printer. The next day I print out another copy of the digitized book, and using the 3D-printed tool I make an exact replica of the book from 1881, in its original design. I construct a manual describing the process and upload the files to the Internet. | |||
This project, presented as a book along with the tool used to produce it, explores digitization, human traces, materiality, death, and the unique copy. | |||
''[http://softwarestudies.projects.cavi.au.dk/index.php/Exe0.2_Olle_Essvik more details here]'' | |||
Latest revision as of 16:13, 17 May 2016
Enemies of books, Olle Essvik, Förlag Rojal
I download the book from the Internet, Enemies of book”, written by William Blades, published in 1881. A book on the decay of books. The enemies of the physical book – fire, water, gas, the bookworm, dirt, bigotry etc. A digitized book with no identity. Black letters on a white background. I buy a copy of the book from 1881. A yellowed, and stained copy. The book bears traces of a former owner, a certain Dr. Sarolea. Newspaper cuttings on his death and his extensive book collection. I compare the two texts, the original and the digitized copy. Using my computer I create a tool for binding books. I combine and modify traditional tools that have been used for hundreds of years and print out the components on a 3D-printer. The next day I print out another copy of the digitized book, and using the 3D-printed tool I make an exact replica of the book from 1881, in its original design. I construct a manual describing the process and upload the files to the Internet.
This project, presented as a book along with the tool used to produce it, explores digitization, human traces, materiality, death, and the unique copy.
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