Mar 15, 2013
Enigmatic, witty poetry formed by the titles of stacked books [11 pictures]
Artist Nina Katchadourian gathers books and orders them to make pithy and sometimes poignant little poems.
She says of the genesis of the project…
You know how when you’re in a library and you walk along the stacks of books and turn your head to the side and read the titles? I thought it would be amazing if accidentally the titles formed a sentence, and then I realized I could make that happen.
The series is presented in her book “Sorted Books.” Here is a selection…
(via Behold)
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I love the last one! That’s very creative. :)
I love these. I tried one a while ago (http://www.dailyvowelmovements.com/2012/08/book-spine-poetry.html) but I am not sure that mine is as good as Nina’s.