{"id":1244,"date":"2015-02-10T15:30:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2015-02-10T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T20:38:30","slug":"creativity-breadcrumb-45-books-are-not-just-for-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/10\/creativity-breadcrumb-45-books-are-not-just-for-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Breadcrumb 45: Books Are Not Just For Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1244'] = [\n{id: 1267, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/BrianDettmer-e1404872483235.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/BrianDettmer-e1404872483235-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/10\/creativity-breadcrumb-45-books-are-not-just-for-reading\/briandettmer-e1404872483235\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>BrianDettmer-e1404872483235<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/10\/creativity-breadcrumb-45-books-are-not-just-for-reading\/briandettmer-e1404872483235\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><em>food for creative making, doing, and thinking<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1267\" style=\"width: 862px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1244\" data-imgid=\"1267\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/BrianDettmer-e1404872483235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1267\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/BrianDettmer-e1404872483235.jpg\" alt=\"Source: briandettmer.com\" width=\"852\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/BrianDettmer-e1404872483235.jpg 852w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/BrianDettmer-e1404872483235-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: briandettmer.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the art world modernizes, artists strive\u00a0to push the limits of convention in order to find new types of expression. Artist\u00a0Brian Dettmer thinks of his work in simple terms:\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m an artist, and I cut books.&#8221; He\u00a0looks at a book\u00a0as &#8220;a body&#8221; that is &#8220;alive&#8221; and\u00a0has &#8220;the potential to grow, and the potential to become new things.&#8221; At the same time, he also thinks of the book as &#8220;a technology,&#8221; a &#8220;tool,&#8221; and a &#8220;machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As an English major who deeply cherishes books not only for the words but as objects themselves, I had always been opposed to the destruction and manipulation of books, even for artistic purposes. After seeing Dettmer&#8217;s work and hearing the logic behind it, however, I have begun to think otherwise; for just as painting changed with the introduction of photography, Dettmer believes that, as a result of modern, digital technology, &#8220;the book will evolve&#8221; and &#8220;become something new.&#8221; This would in turn\u00a0allow people to do things with books other than reading them linearly.<\/p>\n<p>Please watch the video below to see Dettmer&#8217;s beautiful work and to hear about his creative process!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/brian_dettmer_old_books_reborn_as_art\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>food for creative making, doing, and thinking As the art world modernizes, artists strive\u00a0to push the limits of convention in order to find new types of expression. 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