The Written Image: Black Futures
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham’s book, Black Futures, comprises more than five hundred pages of poetry, artwork, memes, essays, and lyrics from Black artists.
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The Written Image: Julie Chen
Using a unique fabrication process, Julie Chen constructs beautiful and inventive artists’ books that explore metaphysical ideas.
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Ten Questions for Kate Zambreno
“I’m mistrustful of writing advice in general.” —Kate Zambreno, author of Drifts
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The Written Image: Ice Receding/Books Reseeding
Artist Basia Irland carves book sculptures out of ice and embeds them with seeds that populate riverbanks when the sculptures melt.
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The Written Image: Shelley Jackson’s “Snow”
An author tells a fantastical story by writing it a word at a time in the snow.
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Open the Book
Artist Diane Samuels turns works of literature inside out in a dramatic process of creative rewriting that highlights the intimate relationship between writer and reader in a painstaking homage to the ultimate act of creativity: writing.
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Body Language
A photographer explores the process of creating visual narratives in Children of Grass, an expansive three-year poetry portraiture project for which he asked poets to pose for a concept based on a poem by each subject.
The Written Image: Make/Shift
Copies of Joe Sacksteder’s story collection, Make/Shift, have been fashioned into a couture dress.
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The Written Image: Cara Barer
A Houston artist turns outdated manuals, phone books, and encyclopedias into visually striking sculptures.
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