Books in the ICI Library that, in either form or content, stretch the definition of a traditional book form. These are the books we turn to for inspiration and encouragement when embarking on ICI book projects.
Jefferson, Thomas The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English (2011) LAST LINE: “There laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.” ICI … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: The Jefferson Bible
Baer, Ulrich Spectral Evidence- The Photography of Trauma (2002) FIRST LINE: “This book is about photographs that force viewers to consider experiences that resist integration into larger contexts.” LAST LINE: “They open up a future that is not known and, because it is unknown, might … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Spectral Evidence – The Photography of Trauma
Phillips, Tom A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel (1980) LAST LINE: “…by whose side I shall lie, bones my bones my best, perpetuate equal page for page” ICI SHELF: Books to Inspire ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (10-03-11)
Bessire, Mark and Raechell Smith Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale (2006) FIRST LINE: “Cryptozoology is the quest for unknown, rumored, or hidden animals.” LAST LINE: “Here, among the impossible and clawed, we find a new home for our aesthetes and visionaries.” ICI SHELF: Books … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Cryptozoology
Colbert, Gregory Ashes and Snow: A Novel in Letters (2004) FIRST LINE: “I disappeared exactly one year ago.” ICI SHELF: Books to Inspire ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (9-25-11)
Henke, James Lennon Legend: An Illustrated Life of John Lennon (2003) FIRST LINE: “…they called it Johnny and the Moondogs, an acknowledgement of John’s role as the group’s leader.” ICI SHELF: Books to Inspire ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (9-21-11)
Berger, John Ways of Seeing (1972) FIRST LINE: “Seeing comes before words.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (9-17-11)
What happens when we apply western constructs to non-western archives?When the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún set out to record the world of the Aztecs in 1540, he complained about “hidden meanings that are unrecognizable.” In Book X of his 12 volume Florentine Codex, written in native Nahua with sections translated to Spanish, he … Continue readingFlorentine Codex … Continue readingFlorentine Codex