Rodchenko + El Lissitsky

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

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