A completely blank cover surface among all the other books in the library. Just plain white with no text. No information. This alone awakens my interest. No title, no writer, no summary, no number on its back.
This book seams different. It comes on almost boring, but it still makes you wonder. Why is it like that? What’s in it? What does it say? Maybe it tells a secret which you can only get to know about if you pick the book.
The book doesn’t shine when it is on the shelf. It’s small, slender and white – very neutral. Maybe it contains something that has been hidden away waiting to be rediscovered.
If you look closer you see that it works as a box. So it hasn’t got the “normal” book feeling. When you open the box, you sense how fragile it is. Despite its abnormal appearance this book is like many others of its kind held together by tape.
Inside the box is a collection of postcards
Rietveld Academie Library No: 777.6
November 11th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
It is funny how something totally neutral like a plain white book, can get somebody’s interest and maybe transform the looks of the book. To something much more interesting when it is surrounded by books of much more different looks.
Samir Dzabirov
E-mail:stamira@hotmail.com
November 11th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Following the logic of this choice, it would be great to find something dedicated especially for you in such a white book. Postcards from your own aunties for example. Or the some love letters. And it would not be surprising.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Following the logic of this choice, it would be great to find something dedicated especially for you in such a white book. Postcards from your own aunties for example. Or the some love letters. And it would not be surprising.
Anna Orlikowska
Email:aniaorlikowska@hotmail.com