February 01, 2005

A Sculptor's Text

FOURTEEN SHEETS OF FILM, EACH CONTAINING FOURTEEN SQUARES ARRANGED IN AN AREA WHOSE SIDES EQUAL FOURTEEN TIMES THEIR SIDE LENGTHS, POSITIONED IN A WAY THAT ONLY ONE OF THEM APPEARS ON EACH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINE, JOINED TOGETHER BY LAYERING, FORMING A NEW LARGER SQUARE
- Ulrich Ruckriem

Immanence and the Library of Babel

I have not read Jorge Luis Borges’ short story “The Library of Babel”. I am a very slow reader. I only read with a purpose. It is sufficient...