October 4 - 31, 2003
Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University
in association with ArtEAST
Sea Babel:
Oz
a
photo / (e)book exhibition of an Australian adventure
at the Future of the Book Symposium
by William Harroff & Charlotte Johnson
October 4 - 31, 2003
Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University
in association with
ArtEAST
The Electronic Artwork of
William Harroff
(e)Book Love
(after Indiana)
© William Harroff 2001
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accompany (r)Evolutionary (e)Books, William Harroff presents an exhibition of some of his award-winning
bookworks. Listed below is a record of the works displayed. Harroff also created
a couple of unique eBooks especially for the show. The artist hopes that the observers of his exhibitions never think of a book in the same way again and recognize the creative potential of the book in digital form. |
| Waterworks of Art Snowglobes | |||
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Each reading of a snowglobe is
an entirely new experience, yet it is as inviting as any traditional book. Words
are liberated from the printed page and control of the order is shifted away
from the creator and is, instead, subject to the physical manipulations of the viewer. The nature of the globes causes the viewer to concentrate on both the
meaning of the individual words or phrases and the visual beauty of the bending,
twisting letter forms in space. The words become floating, playful, original
ideas whose meaning, like a Pandora's Box, has the power to change lives. In
1995, the artist's snowglobe bookworks
were recognized with a National Endowment for the
Arts / Arts Midwest Visual Art Regional Fellowship. |
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| Waterworks of Art Digital Prints | |||
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The digital prints often make people laugh, then think.
Both are healthy, life-affirming methods of addressing the difficult,
contemporary issues represented in the objects. Humor and playfulness act as
gates that help individuals open up to new perspectives, while anger and
confrontation function only as barriers. |
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of the digital prints in the exhibition represent the artist's three
abiding loves: art, books and architecture. Once those associations are recognized, it is intriguing to review the pieces again and observe the variety of combinations. |
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The Unlocked Diaries
are a
series of miniature visual diaries begun in 1985 while the artist was teaching
in Austria. Since then, this unique, ongoing series has been featured across
Europe, the former Soviet Union and throughout the United States. Each book
consists of five accordion-folded pages, enclosed by white magnetic covers in
an editioned set of 50. The pieces have been recognized for their original
method of combining text and image. The Unlocked Diaries have won
national poetry and calligraphy competitions, and have been selected for
inclusion in several
international, juried art exhibitions. The bookworks are part of a growing
number of public and private collections, including the Miniature Book Society,
the Ragdale Foundation, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art and the School of
the Art Institute. The series was assembled in this form during a Ragdale
Foundation residency in 1995. |
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(e)Soup Can (after Warhol)
© William Harroff 2001
