[Reader-list] TIMEBOOK

[Vivek Narayanan]

Perhaps the title, "Timebook", might offer a way to read the work?  Or 
would that just confound you further?

Every reader is allowed the liberty of her own opinion, of course.

cheers
vivek

Kshmendra Kaul wrote:
> The visitor to the Art Gallery could not make head or tail of what was on display. Nor determine the position of either.
>  
> Not wanting to appear foolish, he gazed studiously at each piece. He himself became a standing Rodin piece, deep in thought, fingers strategically placed under chin, on cheek-bone and across his lips, anchoring the up-tilt of his head. That also helped him from nodding off.
>  
> Every now and then, he turned his eyes into slits, keenly peering through them as his head described the slightest of arcs in the air. Reverberating 'Hmmmmnnns' punctuated the dance.
>  
> Then abruptly he hissed out a more than loud "Interesting", turned and walked off.
>  
> The artist chastised the gallery attendant for not inviting the visitor to record his comments in the Guest Book
>    
>
> --- On Thu, 4/16/09, Monica Narula <monica at sarai.net> wrote:
>
> From: Monica Narula <monica at sarai.net>
> Subject: [Reader-list] TIMEBOOK
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 4:21 PM
>
> Timebook
> by
> Raqs Media Collective
>
> Timebook is a vade mecum without words, a guide for all those  
> perplexed by the way that the ground constantly shifts beneath their  
> feet. It may be consulted by opening at random, and by reading the  
> patterns made by heat and time as signs with which to navigate the  
> elusive present.
>
> http://www.onestarpress.com/Time-Book
>
> The book is best "read" in double page PDF view.
>
> Monica Narula
> Raqs Media Collective
> Sarai-CSDS
> www.raqsmediacollective.net
> www.sarai.net
>
>
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