I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Book Autopsies
Is it obscene to cut up a book to turn it into a work of art? What if the art reflected and expanded on the meaning of the book?
Just a small sample of Brian Dettmer's Book Autopsies.
More examples at the galleries that represent him: Packer Schopf Gallery, MiTO, and Toomey Tourell.
More coverage at Centripetal Notion. Found via Coilhouse.
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