Sort, stack.
I was at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) yesterday and found myself in the recently opened exhibition Sorted Books by Nina Katchadourian.
Sorted Books primarily features photographs of stacks of books, their titles meant to be read sequentially, top to bottom. The results are pithy dadaist poems such as:
Primitive Art /
Just Imagine /
Picasso /
Raised By Wolves
and another:
Relax /
When I Relax I Feel Guilty /
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty /
God Always Says Yes! /
Don’t Say Yes When You Want to Say No
I like the idea of books being corralled into groups for which they were never intended because that’s where they wind up naturally anyway right?, on our bookshelves in random groupings. Now I can’t help but read the titles on my bookshelf sequentially. If I come across any particularly interesting ones I’ll post it in the comments below. What about yours? Any Nina Katchadourianesque sequential titles on your bookshelf?
