Two Oxford Reading Rooms. Book Works, London, 1994
The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8, Joseph Kosuth.Joseph Kosuth made two installations in Oxford as part of The Reading Room Project, for the particular contexts of the Taylor Institution and of the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library. This book configures these works back to back: The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8 is printed vertically while Say: I Do Not Know is printed horizontally. Both works put in apposition texts by Voltaire and John Locke. The ideas explored in the original installations are expounded in the book through the manipulation of the book format, utilising die-cut windows, tracing paper pages and two-colour printing.
Title: Two Oxford Reading Rooms
Authors: Joseph Kosuth
Publisher: Book Works, London
Book designer: Joseph Kosuth
Publication date: 1994
Format:B&W illustrations throughout and with some text printed on semi-translucent vellum and some text pages viewable through cut-out windows. Narrow 8vo, stiff brown wrappers with die-cut windows on each side. Unpaginated but approximately 100 pages, set back-to-back.
Pages: 100 approx
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB03915
The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8, Joseph Kosuth.Joseph Kosuth made two installations in Oxford as part of The Reading Room Project, for the particular contexts of the Taylor Institution and of the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library. This book configures these works back to back: The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8 is printed vertically while Say: I Do Not Know is printed horizontally. Both works put in apposition texts by Voltaire and John Locke. The ideas explored in the original installations are expounded in the book through the manipulation of the book format, utilising die-cut windows, tracing paper pages and two-colour printing.
Title: Two Oxford Reading Rooms
Authors: Joseph Kosuth
Publisher: Book Works, London
Book designer: Joseph Kosuth
Publication date: 1994
Format:B&W illustrations throughout and with some text printed on semi-translucent vellum and some text pages viewable through cut-out windows. Narrow 8vo, stiff brown wrappers with die-cut windows on each side. Unpaginated but approximately 100 pages, set back-to-back.
Pages: 100 approx
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB03915
The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8, Joseph Kosuth.Joseph Kosuth made two installations in Oxford as part of The Reading Room Project, for the particular contexts of the Taylor Institution and of the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library. This book configures these works back to back: The (Ethical) Space of Cabinets 7 & 8 is printed vertically while Say: I Do Not Know is printed horizontally. Both works put in apposition texts by Voltaire and John Locke. The ideas explored in the original installations are expounded in the book through the manipulation of the book format, utilising die-cut windows, tracing paper pages and two-colour printing.
Title: Two Oxford Reading Rooms
Authors: Joseph Kosuth
Publisher: Book Works, London
Book designer: Joseph Kosuth
Publication date: 1994
Format:B&W illustrations throughout and with some text printed on semi-translucent vellum and some text pages viewable through cut-out windows. Narrow 8vo, stiff brown wrappers with die-cut windows on each side. Unpaginated but approximately 100 pages, set back-to-back.
Pages: 100 approx
Condition: Fine
Stock Number: RB03915