There were also 50 copies printed for friends of the author on mohawk superfine, spiral bound, and hors commerce. Maximizing the potential of such qualities as color, composition, design, and style, writing embodies language in an unlimited variety of. Johanna drucker succinctly summarises these differences in the century of. Experimental typography and modern art, 1909 1923, johanna drucker is published by university of chicago press. Was it easy to make the selections for your retrospective currently at columbia college in chicago. Ive done about four dozen editioned works of varying degrees of complexity. Introduction to electronic literature to be intergrated into this syllabus. Early in this century, futurist and dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. Johanna drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists books, and visual poetry. What is nine epistemological essays by johanna drucker pdf. When i was ten, i made a fetish of my passion, carving into a tiny wood plaque a set of secret symbols derived from the first letters of these words. Johanna druckerhas been making artists books since 1972, and is currently the robertson professor in media studies in the english and literature.
The letters in history and imagination thames and hudson, spring 1995italian translation, 2001 catalan translation. Essays on books, writing and visual poetics drucker, johanna on. Veltman, the rebirth of perspective and the fragmentation of illusion. When she is at home in charlottesville, johanna will sometimes spend hundreds of hours typesetting and printing a book. Drucker resume 2019 2 johanna ruth drucker contact. Figuring the word has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Johanna drucker, figuring the word jerome rothenberg and steve clay, e ds. Figuring the word essays on books, writing, and visual poetics by johanna drucker every era of human history artists, poets. Interview with johanna drucker, postmodern culture 7, no. Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics granary books, 1998 the century of artists books granary books,1995. She argues that futurist, dadaist, and cubist artists emphasized materiality as the heart of their experimental. I recommend that you type your log entries in a word processing program to ensure that they are of adequate length, then cut and paste them into the body of an email message. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics collects diverse writings by johanna drucker previously published in literary or scholarly. Johanna drucker is an author, book artist, visual theorist, and cultural critic. Essays on books, writing and visual poetics by johanna drucker book condition. Written in a variety of styles and presented in a variety of formats, the book reflects many divergent aspects of her work and thinking, while at the same time demonstrating how cohesive her project has been. Billingham describes the term as expressing the disappearance of definitive categories, the deliberate confusion of styles and genres, typical of nichols writing language and the sacred in canadian poet bpnichols the martyrology, queenston, on. Johanna drucker 30 may 1952, philadelphia is an author, book artist, visual. An existential guide to type pdf futura pdf univers.
Figuring the word essays on books, writing, and visual poetics by johanna drucker every era of. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics, new york. Johanna drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists books and visual poetry. Johanna druckers aesthetic engagement w ith the materiality of the typographic book will be briefly analyzed in two works. Experimental typography and modern art chicago and london.
She argues that futurist, dadaist, and cubist artists emphasized materiality as the heart of their experimental approach to both visual and poetic forms of representation. Distant reading is a digital humanities concept invented by by literary critic. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics 1998 is a collection of selected critical essays by drucker previously published in literary and scholarly journals. Essays on books, writing and visual poetics by drucker, johanna online on amazon. Textual conditions 2005 university of pennsylvania. Out of print but available to download on w hat are the identities and functions of poetry and poetics at this point in cultural time.
Please email me each weeks log entry by noon on monday. She has been on the faculty of yale university, suny purchase, columbia university, and the university of virginia, as well as holding a mellon faculty fellowship at harvard, a fulbright fellowship, and a getty fellowship. Yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, figuring the word collects writings only previously found in academic and literary journals, as well as transcriptions of her lectures and interviews. Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available. Mar 14, 2011 johanna drucker johanna, susan, and i were on a chelsea art walk.
Essays on books, writing and visual poetics by johanna drucker. The book begins with a discussion of her work as a book artist and an account of what led her to pursue her scholarly interests. Drucker johanna 2004 the artists book as an agent of. In the visible word, johanna drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. Drucker, an important figure in the field of artists books, directed the. Figuring the word, against fiction, night crawlers of the web narratology, testament of women, a girls life, from a to z. The results are stunning but its sometimes hard to take in how labor intensive the work is. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics johanna drucker with an introduction by charles bernstein granary books, 1998, 310 pages. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This appears printed on the title page in an instance of paragonnage. Essays on books, writing and visual poetics by drucker, johanna isbn. The first part of the title is taken from the label placed on newly cast type fonts as they come from the foundry and is. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics, granary books, 1998. Drucker is wellknown as a book artist and writer whose works often make use of experimental typography, and her work is in museum and library collections worldwide.
This book is a compendium of drucker s thought yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, figuring the word collects writings only previously found in academic and literary journals, as well as transcriptions of her lectures and interviews. Figuring the word is a work of poetics rather than criticism or theory in that these essays are the products of doing as much as thinking, of printing as much as writing, of designing as much as researching, of typography as much. Figuring the word book by johanna drucker, charles. Written in a variety of styles and presented in a variety of formats, the book reflects many divergent aspects of her work and thinking, while at the same time demonstrating how cohesive her. Figuring the word is a wideranging collection of drucker s essays from the early 1980s to the present. Johanna drucker with an introduction by charles bernstein granary books, 1998, 310 pages. Figuring the word book by johanna drucker, charles bernstein. Figuring the word, druckwerk, 1997 granary books, new york, ny 30 note timestamp.
Consequently there is no shortage of material evidence supporting the idea that writing is a visual medium. Johanna drucker born may 30, 1952 is an american author, book artist, visual theorist, and. A new adaptation of a sixteenthcentury type pdf the cult of lower case pdf just my type. Johanna drucker, professor of information studies, ucla. The art of the written image from figuring the word from granary. Johanna drucker author of the century of artists books. Capital offense, pages 2240 gill sans, pages 4144 futura vs. Essays on books, writing, and visual poetics collects diverse writings by johanna drucker previously published in lite. Johanna drucker updated 102020 academic activity education dissertation 2 academic positions 2 other professional employment 3 fellowships grants 4 sponsored research 5.
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