rodchenko + el lissitsky
combining russian contructivists in new perspectives
cari hume
I am an eye.
ma I na .eye
I am an eye.
ma I na .eye
I am a mechanical eye.
a ma I lacinahcem .eye
I am a mechanical eye.
a ma I lacinahcem .eye
I,
,I
I,
,I
a machine,
,enihcam a
a machine,
,enihcam a
am showing you a world,
gniwohs ma ,dlrow a uoy
am showing you a world,
gniwohs ma ,dlrow a uoy
the likes of which only I can see.
fo sekil eht I ylno hcihw .ees nac
the likes of which only I can see.
fo sekil eht I ylno hcihw .ees nac
The printed surface transcends space and time.
detnirp ehT ecafrus sdnecsnart .emit dna ecaps
The printed surface transcends space and time.
detnirp ehT ecafrus sdnecsnart .emit dna ecaps
The printed surface,
,ecafrus detnirp ehT
The printed surface,
,ecafrus detnirp ehT
the infinity of books,
fo ytinfini eht ,skoob
the infinity of books,
fo ytinfini eht ,skoob
must be transcended.
.dednecsnart eb tsum
must be transcended.
.dednecsnart eb tsum
Economy of expression:
fo ymonocE :noisserpxe
Economy of expression:
fo ymonocE :noisserpxe
optics not phonetics.
ton scitpo .scitenohp
optics not phonetics.
ton scitpo .scitenohp
The words on the printed surface are taken in by seeing,
no sdrow ehT detnirp eht era ecafrus yb ni nekat ,gniees
The words on the printed surface are taken in by seeing,
no sdrow ehT detnirp eht era ecafrus yb ni nekat ,gniees
not by hearing.
.gniraeh yb ton
not by hearing.
.gniraeh yb ton
The design of the book-space,
fo ngised ehT ,ecaps-koob eht
The design of the book-space,
fo ngised ehT ,ecaps-koob eht
set according to the constraints of printing mechanics,
ot gnidrocca tes fo stniartsnoc eht ,scinahcem gnitnirp
set according to the constraints of printing mechanics,
ot gnidrocca tes fo stniartsnoc eht ,scinahcem gnitnirp
must correspond to the tensions and pressures of content.
tsum ot dnopserroc snoisnet eht serusserp dna .tnetnoc fo
must correspond to the tensions and pressures of content.
tsum ot dnopserroc snoisnet eht serusserp dna .tnetnoc fo
The design of the book-space using process blocks which issue from the new optics.
eht fo ngised ehT gnisu ecaps-koob skcolb ssecorp morf eussi hcihw .scitpo wen eht
The design of the book-space using process blocks which issue from the new optics.
eht fo ngised ehT gnisu ecaps-koob skcolb ssecorp morf eussi hcihw .scitpo wen eht
The supernatural reality of the perfected eye.
larutanrepus ehT eht fo ytilaer .eye detcefrep
The supernatural reality of the perfected eye.
larutanrepus ehT eht fo ytilaer .eye detcefrep
Inkpot and quillpen are dead.
topknI -lliuq dna era nep .daed
Inkpot and quillpen are dead.
topknI -lliuq dna era nep .daed
The new book demands the new writer.
eht sdnamed koob wen ehT .retirw wen
The new book demands the new writer.
eht sdnamed koob wen ehT .retirw wen
The continuous sequence of pages:
suounitnoc ehT ecneuqes :segap fo
The continuous sequence of pages:
suounitnoc ehT ecneuqes :segap fo
the bioscopic book.
cipocsoib eht .koob
the bioscopic book.
cipocsoib eht .koob
oknehcdor + ykstissil le
naissur gninibmoc wen ni stsivitcurtnoc sevitcepsrep
emuh irac