remaking and redefining the book

in the front room at Flat Time House

made by John Latham

John Latham's altered books are unreadable but understandable. He saw the book as an event in the present moment. Books are usually read over a period of time by turning the pages and looking at the contents on those pages. Latham saw the book as a symbol of language and thought. He rejected formal learning and the practice of dividing knowledge up into academic subjects.

But do books stimulate independent thought? Do readers just swallow what they read or have they 

got questioning minds? Isn't it just easier to go along with the status quo? Are we consumers or thinkers?

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