Unpacking a collection: Phil Cleaver’s Book-Object-Art

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Morariu, V. 2021. Unpacking a collection: Phil Cleaver’s Book-Object-Art. Zhuangshi - Chinese Journal of Design.
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TitleUnpacking a collection: Phil Cleaver’s Book-Object-Art
AuthorsMorariu, V.
Abstract

The text performs a semiotic and material analysis of Phil Cleaver's series of more than 120 book assemblages. It unpacks what I describe as a general principle of foldability, which I identify at the heart of Cleaver's work. Thus, each assemblage does not so much tell a story, but organises a discourse about objects, meta-narratives that say something about the life and fate of objects: how our cultures use objects, how we save objects, and how we dispose of objects.

PublisherTsinghua University
JournalZhuangshi - Chinese Journal of Design
ISSN0412-3662
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PrintJan 2021
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Deposited12 Jan 2021
Accepted07 Dec 2020
Output statusPublished
LanguageEnglish
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