Book Plumbing

Better Books, March 1972, Richard Friedman
Source: Better Books, March 1972, Richard Friedman

Jeffrey Shaw

Book Plumbing ,
Co-workers & Funding
with John Latham
Mnemosyne
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Description
This was a mixed-media installation using books in various ways, a material which John Latham was using extensively in his artistic practise at this time. One of the centerpieces was a performance using a Penguin bookcase in which all the books were embedded in jelly. The gradual inflation of plastic tubing forced each consecutive row of books and jelly to slide out of its shelf and fall onto the floor. Another performance on April 15th was titled "Steam Situation".
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