By cynthia betubiza, ella dawson and kate torgovnick may session 1 of tedyouth 2014 brought us to many worlds imagined. Brian dettmer, new funk standards, 2017, hardcover book, acrylic varnish, 12. For over ten years, he has carved and reshaped old, used books, revealing new connections by slicing away segments of pages. Feb, 2015 to create new art, brian dettmer trashes old books. Any time that we share old book crafts, we get at least a couple of comments from folks calling shenanigans. Mar 07, 2015 each talk is fascinating, hopeful and often inspiring.
Old books reborn as intricate art brian dettmer ted talk. In her note in bookriot, nikki steele takes brian dettmers ted talk remark that books are created to relate to our human scale and builds on it elegantly, if all too briefly, by bringing together the installation works literature versus traffic, scanner, book cell, singularity, biographies and. Artist brian dettmer approaches books with knives, tweezers, and bladesharp ideas about the meanings of media and information. Artist carves intricate worlds in the pages of books mental. Brian dettmer is an artist and his preferred form of art is cutting up books. Business books 11 books ted speakers say you must read ted has put together a monster list of great reads recommended from its stage, including these. Odd volumes brian dettmer ted talk talk about timing. A world of openings, university of melbourne collections, issue 6, june 2010, pp. Artist brian dettmer digs into a good book literally, with a knife to create beautifully intricate forms that reflect how we see old information in a modern world. Here are some links to ted talk suggestions from anythink staff to get you started. Curated by michelle tillou at the springbreak art show ny this years theme is in excess. Ted speaker artist brian dettmer digs into a good book literally, with a knife to create beautifully intricate forms that reflect how we see old information in a modern world.
Brian dettmer artist brian dettmer digs into a good book literally, with a knife to create beautifully intricate forms that reflect how we see old information in a modern world. Why you should listen new yorkbased artist brian dettmer carves intricate sculptures from outdated materials like encyclopedias, textbooks, maps and cassette tapes. The volume library, 2010 found and cut illustrated encyclopedia with glue. Three book artists previously featured here at booksonbooks doug beube, brian dettmer and guy laram e e were showcased in this exhibition curated by karen ann myers at the halsey. With xacto knives and an eye for a good remix, artist brian dettmer makes beautiful, unexpected sculptures that. Paper has also made a comeback, but not in the traditional sense artists such as louisa boyd, brian dettmer and su blackwell are using books as a medium, lending a novel perspective pun intended to the concept of artistic narrative. Continuing that theme, heres a ted talk from artist brian dettmer, who painstakingly carves old books into amazing sculptures. Old books reborn as art takes outdated reference materials such as textbooks and encyclopedias, seals them with varnish, then carves away at their pages with an xacto knife. Brian dettmer ted speaker artist brian dettmer digs into a good book literally, with a knife to create beautifully intricate forms that reflect how we see old information in a modern world. The video is only a little over six minutes long but its full of great points to ponder, especially the last half of dettmers talk. If you have a student who likes cartooning, this would be an inspiring ted talk to share with them. Last weeks video was a meditation on letterpress printing and the book as a physical object.
He is noted for his alteration of preexisting mediasuch as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapesto create new, transformed. Artist brian dettmer is using old books to create beautiful art. The greatest ted talk ever sold ted2011 paul stamets. Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from ted.
Dettmer knifes through books swiftly from cover to cover to reveal images that explore our relationship to information. To create new art, brian dettmer trashes old books. Old books reborn as art ted talk a different take on books. Brian dettmer artist brian dettmer digs into a good book literally, with a knife to create beautifully intricate forms that reflect how we see old information in a. Dettmer is a sculptor and visual artist who uses as his primary material books. Jan 21, 2016 with xacto knives and an eye for a good remix, artist brian dettmer makes beautiful, unexpected sculptures that breathe new life into old books. Feb 06, 2015 tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference, where the worlds leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. While i was watching, the first point that struck me was when he said, i think of my work as sort of a remix, in a way, because im working with somebody elses material in the same way that a d. This sculpture was made out of an outdated encyclopedia.
The parthenon of books, 19832017 marta minujin kassel, germany. In his atlanta studio, dettmer transforms medical texts, art history tomes, military manuals, and more. In the most squirmy talk of the day, mark siddall, the selftitled leech guy, gave a crash course on his friend, the leech. Why you should listen new yorkbased artist brian dettmer carves intricate sculptures from outdated materials like. See more ideas about ted talks, ted, creative thinkers. Why you think youre right even if youre wrong space and eternal life by chandra wickramasinghe and daisaku ikeda this book is a conversation with renowned astrobiologist chandra wickramasinghe who studied under the mentorship of dr. Brian dettmer, the cemetery of forgotten books exhibition catalogue, barcelona. He is noted for his alteration of preexisting mediasuch as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapesto create new, transformed works of visual fine art. Artist carves intricate worlds in the pages of books. Artist brian dettmer uses an xacto knife to create incredible sculptures with books as his medium. A book is not just a collection of static words on a page, but an evolving organism a machine and a landscape. Crafting with old books is controversial in the upcycling world.
Nov 19, 2014 brian dettmer is certainly an artist, but his work looks unlike anything weve ever seen before. Reading books through physical deconstruction posted on april, 2015 by mariah driver i had the opportunity to watch brian dettmers ted talk attached below and one of the most fascinating question he poses is how we treat texts. Check out his ted talk about what he does and why he does it. Mar 26, 2012 artist brian dettmer approaches books with knives, tweezers, and bladesharp ideas about the meanings of media and information. Artist brian dettmer explores these concepts through his work where he binds the sides of books and carves intricate patterns and designs into them. In his talk brian shares to us his art he creates out of books, pretty self explanatory in the title. Brian dettmer book sculptures the brooklyn refinery diy. Old books reborn as intricate art this six minute video by book sculptor brian dettmer is amazing, kind of disturbing, and very thoughtprovoking. Its time to hit the books again, with these ted talks that take you through a busy day of math, history, gym, lunch, english, science and art.
More about his work and his contemporaries follows. An email from ted arrived in my inbox yesterday announcing new talks to view. As different as we humans are from one another, we all age along the same great sequence, and the shared patterns of our lives pass into the pages of the books we love. Dettmer starts with a book he has sealed around the edges, then uses knives, tweezers and surgical tools to carve one page at a time, exposing each layer while cutting around ideas and images of interest. First given at tedyouth in november 2014 but posted to the educational forums main website on february 6, old books reborn as intricate art sees dettmer explore his own approach to an unusual form of. Kailash satyarthi, louie schwartzberg, shane koyczan, brian greene, frans lanting, arthus bertrand, seth godin, mandala coloring, ted talks. Jul 09, 2015 artist brian dettmer uses an xacto knife to create incredible sculptures with books as his medium.
Nov 15, 2014 a book is not just a collection of static words on a page, but an evolving organism a machine and a landscape. This ted talk that is presented by brian dettmer is called old books reborn as art. Brian dettmer old books reborn as art this talk takes a look at how brian dettmer creates sculptures out of old. A metaphorical and sculptural autopsy has been performed to investigate the conditions that led to the books demise and the potential consequences of this loss. I had the opportunity to watch brian dettmers ted talk attached below and one of the most fascinating question he poses is how we treat texts. Brian dettmer takes discarded books, sculpting and carving them into remixes, and explains how he does it in a newly shared ted talk. Brian dettmer born 1974 is an american contemporary artist. Fred hoyle, who evidenced that the basic building blocks of life as we.
The university of mississippi museum brian dettmer. What do you do with an outdated encyclopedia in the information age. So, seeing as this is a relatively new blog, i have been concentrating on making it all work correctly and trying to understand the process for doing things on here. Let me start by saying that if you are a faint of heart bookish worm and dont like seeing books cut up and reshaped, this might not be for you. You can hear brian talk about his work in the ted talk brian dettmer. Dont take my word for it though explore the site and let us know what you learn. One of brian dettmers sculptures, reimagining the knowledge in books. First given at tedyouth in november 2014 but posted to the educational forums main website on february 6, old books reborn as intricate art sees dettmer explore his own approach to an unusual form of literary art. In this moving talk, journalist joshua prager explores the stages of life through quotations from norman mailer, joyce carol oates, william trevor and other great writers, set to. Jan 22, 2014 brian dettmer is an american contemporary artist.
From a look at other planets that could be like earth, to an introduction to a mysterious dinosaur bigger than t. Each talk is fascinating, hopeful and often inspiring. Brian dettmer book sculptures the brooklyn refinery. It also includes speakers at the independent tedmed conferences. Tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference, where the worlds leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less. Feb 09, 2015 brian dettmer takes discarded books, sculpting and carving them into remixes, and explains how he does it in a newly shared ted talk. Awe inspiring what do you do with an outdated encyclopedia in the information age. By working with books, i want people to really look at the physicality, really look at the architecture and the structure of the information that we have had experiences with in the past and really question whats happening now that.
Apr 24, 2020 old books reborn as art by brian dettmer. May 26, 2015 this ted talk that is presented by brian dettmer is called old books reborn as art. Continuing that theme, heres a ted talk from artist brian dettmer. New yorkbased artist brian dettmer carves intricate sculptures from outdated materials like encyclopedias, textbooks, maps and cassette tapes. Talks from the independent tedx conferences are not included. The reactions to his work as being disrespectful seems to treat books as living.
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