The Muxlows
[110] pp. Tall 8vo (230 x 109 mm.), orig. printed thick paper covers, title on spine. N.p.: Verlaggalerie Leaman, 1978.
One of Ulises Carrión's scarce bookworks, printed in an edition of 300. It is a fine example of the artist's interest in plagiarizing found texts in order to recast them as new, original artworks and books. The artist has recreated the genealogy of the Muxlow family of Yorkshire, whose family bible he discovered while he was studying at the University of Leeds. The birth dates, marriages, and death dates for the members of this family have been documented and preserved through the minimalist layout of the text.
Carrión lays out the intent of the present bookwork in this way: "The list of names, dates and places, divided in 5 sections: Parents, Children, Marriages, Deaths and Other Events, does not lend itself to lyricism, it contains nothing more than facts. However, when one reads names, dates and places one after another, these become interchangeable: individuality, space and time, united in one single flow of sounds, become a pure rhythm, a primitive chanting. And then again this rhythm, composed of the most essential events of life, brings us back to earth and ourselves."-G. Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don't read. (2016), pp. 20-21.
In excellent condition.
|| J. J. Agius & R. Ocampo, eds., Ulises Carrión: Books & More, Catalogue Raisonné (2013) 15.
One of Ulises Carrión's scarce bookworks, printed in an edition of 300. It is a fine example of the artist's interest in plagiarizing found texts in order to recast them as new, original artworks and books. The artist has recreated the genealogy of the Muxlow family of Yorkshire, whose family bible he discovered while he was studying at the University of Leeds. The birth dates, marriages, and death dates for the members of this family have been documented and preserved through the minimalist layout of the text.
Carrión lays out the intent of the present bookwork in this way: "The list of names, dates and places, divided in 5 sections: Parents, Children, Marriages, Deaths and Other Events, does not lend itself to lyricism, it contains nothing more than facts. However, when one reads names, dates and places one after another, these become interchangeable: individuality, space and time, united in one single flow of sounds, become a pure rhythm, a primitive chanting. And then again this rhythm, composed of the most essential events of life, brings us back to earth and ourselves."-G. Schraenen, ed., Dear reader. Don't read. (2016), pp. 20-21.
In excellent condition.
|| J. J. Agius & R. Ocampo, eds., Ulises Carrión: Books & More, Catalogue Raisonné (2013) 15.
Details
Title
The Muxlows
Author
CARRIÓN, Ulises
Condition
Unknown