CONCRETE POETRY
7 September 2008
CONCRETE POETRY IN ANALOG AND DIGITAL MEDIA:
One of the projects shown at Documenta 2002 in Kassel, Germany, was an over sized empty book. The book was ‘written’ by David Small who entitled it:The Illuminated Manuscript (davidsmall.com). Of course, the 26 pages did not remain empty. If one moved one’s hand over it, sensors wired around the book caused a projector from high above to send down text according to the page the viewer had opened and according to the movement the viewer’s hand undertook at each page. (more).
