Spines Realigned

You know how when you were little your stuffed animals used to wait until you'd leave for school to hop down from the shelf and lumber around the room, chatting it up?

For some reason I think of that when I see what this artist does with books. She clusters them into groups, and they quickly make friends, and before they know it they're finishing each others' sentences.

As far as I'm concerned, the coolest thing about this project is that it taps into an issue of great importance for bibliophiles, namely how do books feel about being stacked together, spine to spine. Do they prefer to hang with their own kind, or do they like diversity? Case in point: Overhead, Kate Chopin is rubbing shoulders with Oliver Sacks. Now that should be interesting.

Victor, who told me about the book project, notes that the artist has done other fascinating things, including recording the messages delivered in Morse code from popping popcorn!

Mmm... art.