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Between Page and Screen

Between Page and Screen

First edition

Paperback (01 Jan 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Coupling the physicality of the printed page with the electric liquidity of the computer screen, Between Page and Screen chronicles a love affair between the characters P and S while taking the reader into a wondrous, augmented reality. The book has no words, only inscrutable black and white geometric patterns that--when seen by a computer webcam--conjure the written word. Reflected on screen, the reader sees himself with open book in hand, language springing alive and shape-shifting with each turn of the page. The story unfolds through a playful and cryptic exchange of letters between P and S as they struggle to define their turbulent relationship. Rich with innuendo, anagrams, etymological and sonic affinities between words, Between Page and Screen takes an almost ecstatic pleasure in language and the act of reading. Merging concrete poetry with conceptual art, "technotext" with epistolary romance, and the tradition of the artist's bo

Book information

ISBN: 9780979956287
Publisher: Siglio
Imprint: Siglio
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 811.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20240923
Language: English
Weight: 113g
Height: 180mm
Width: 180mm
Spine width: 8mm