Description: absence of clutter by Paul Stephens Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description An exploration of minimal writing—texts generally shorter than a sentence—as complex, powerful literary and visual works. Publisher Description An exploration of minimal writing-texts generally shorter than a sentence-as complex, powerful literary and visual works.In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components- the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, and others built lucrative careers from text-based art. Meanwhile, poets and writers created works of minimal writing-visual texts generally shorter than a sentence. (One poem by Aram Saroyan reads in its entirety- eyeye.) In absence of clutter, Paul Stephens offers the first comprehensive account of minimal writing, arguing that it is equal in complexity and power to better-known, more commercial text-based art.Minimal writing, Stephens writes, can be beguilingly simple on the surface, but can also offer iterative reading experiences on multiple levels, from the fleeting to the ponderous. "absence of clutter," for example, the entire text of a poem by Robert Grenier, is both expressive and self-descriptive. Stephens first sets out a theoretical framework for reading and viewing minimal writing and then offers close readings of works of minimal writing by Saroyan, Grenier, Norman Pritchard, Natalie Czech, and others. He "reverse engineers" recent works by Jen Bervin, Craig Dworkin, and Christian B k that draw on molecular biology, and explores print-on-demand books by Holly Melgard, code poetry by Nick Montfort, Twitter-based work by Allison Parrish, and the use of Instagram by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Saroyan. Text, it seems, is becoming ever more prevalent in visual art; meanwhile, poems are getting shorter. When reading has become scanning a screen and writing tapping out a text, absence of clutter invites us to reflect on how we read, see, and pay attention. Author Biography Paul Stephens is the author of The Poetics of Information Overload- From Gertrude Stein to Conceptual Writing and the editor of the journal Convolution. Details ISBN 026204367X ISBN-13 9780262043670 Title absence of clutter Author Paul Stephens Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 288 Publisher MIT Press Ltd GE_Item_ID:141685479; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780262043670
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Book Title: Absence of Clutter : Minimal Writing As Art and Literature
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Graphic Arts / Typography, General
Publication Year: 2020
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Genre: Design, Art
Item Weight: 25.3 Oz
Author: Paul Stephens
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
