THE BLACK PAGES

A long weekend looms. In the meantime, this is kind of interesting:

http://blackpage73.blogspot.com/

It’s a collection of artists’ versions of the “black page” of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, an ur-artists’ book and/or postmodern text, however one wants to see it (though elements like the black page help to make the case for “artists’ book," but is it even worth worrying about?).

It’s a pretty good example of variations on a theme, and of some hand-mechanical processes. Many of the descriptions are underwhelming, but there are some interesting ones as well.