Intervention' From Right to Left'. Nastaran Samii. 9th -18th December 2011

I have converted the book to be opened from right side of the book instead of left side, as this is the way we open books in my culture.Consequently the reader must read from the right-page to the left-page ( first the page right and then the page left), however the text is in the left to right format.

De-construction in progress... Helen Frank

The box (nor the words written inside it) can not protect the book, rather the box has invited it's own destruction by becoming part of the book and fit for intervention.

The box was shredded and turned into paper.

The mass of the box has made one thick page which has been drawn on. This new page mimics one of the inside pages

The new page is currently seperated from the book.

Intervention 'Red Thread Through the Book', Silvia Champion, 1st - 8th Dec. 2011

I was interested in using the book and its words as material rather than working with the content. My original idea before I had the book was to change the shape of it by cutting into it in such a way that I can knit/knot the paper together and let a new shape grow out of the inside of the book. The interactions the book had already received prevented this.

Once I looked through the book I decided to interact directly with somebody else's interaction; communicating with it. I felt that because of all the interruptions and cuts already made, the book needed something to reconnect it. So I put a red thread through the book, connecting all the pages together. I like the connotations I found regarding the word 'thread' and how they relate to what I did with the book. For example:


the thread of an argument/ideas - connection linking them together
threads of something - various parts of it
to thread through it - to move through it
life/survival/success can hang by a thread - a delicate situation


Starting at the beginning, I put the thread through Madeleine's punched holes always using the closest  one on the opposite page to the one the thread across the book and at other times it is a short straight line depending where the next punch hole was. I stuck the thread down so when you turn the page a few more pages automatically stand up ready to flip over. This determines the way you urn the page and gives movement to a normally static object. In addition I chose a red thread that would give the paleness of the book a splash of colour.