Fig. 39,40 – Jonathan Safran Foer’s Book as Art Object (2010)

Interactive Paper Sculpture

But his latest book, “Tree of Codes,” takes the integration of writing and design to a new level. As Visual Editions, the London-based publisher, describes it, the book is as much a “sculptural object” as it is a work of fiction: “Jonathan Safran Foer has taken his favorite book, ‘The Street of Crocodiles’ by Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, and used it as a canvas, cutting into and out of the pages, to arrive at an original new story.”

(Heller, 2010)

Full article: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/jonathan-safran-foers-book-as-art-object/

More in French: http://www.fubiz.net/en/2010/11/18/interactive-paper-sculpture/