the library of babel
2013
Artist’s Book
The Library of Babel is a short story by Argentine author, Jorge Luis Borges, which explores ideas of language, information, and infinity through the metaphor of the universe as a library. The library is so vast that it contains every book ever written, unfinished books, imagined books, and books of the future.
This work is an interpretation of Borges’s narrative, a weave of two voices between writer and artist. In a french-door binding structure, the form has two "doors," or sides from which the viewer can read, either one at a time or simultaneously. The book also contains hidden accordion and fold-out pages to add to the dynamic reading (and looking) experience. The unusual hexagonal form of the book is meant to reinforce the motif of hexagons in the story.
Handbound by the artist with book cloth, handwritten text, photographic inkjet prints, assorted papers, thread, and French-door binding. Dimensions variable.
