{"id":2595,"date":"2024-09-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2024-09-06T16:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T16:35:23","slug":"sliced-slivers-emanate-from-barbara-wildenboers-altered-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/04\/sliced-slivers-emanate-from-barbara-wildenboers-altered-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Sliced Slivers Emanate from Barbara Wildenboer\u2019s Altered Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1626\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"an altered hardcover book with its pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look. the spine of the book in the middle reads, &quot;An African Survey.&quot;\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/An-African-Survey.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;An African Survey.&#8221; All images \u00a9 Barbara Wildenboer, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Sliced Slivers Emanate from Barbara Wildenboer&#8217;s Altered Books<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\">September 4, 2024<\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/craft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Craft<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/jandres\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\" rel=\"noopener\">Jackie Andres<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2024%2F09%2Fbarbara-wildenboer-books%2F&#038;title=Sliced%20Slivers%20Emanate%20from%20Barbara%20Wildenboer%27s%20Altered%20Books\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-pinterest has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2024%2F09%2Fbarbara-wildenboer-books%2F&#038;description=Sliced%20Slivers%20Emanate%20from%20Barbara%20Wildenboer%27s%20Altered%20Books&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F09%2FAn-African-Survey-960x780.jpg\" aria-label=\"Pin\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tPin\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"mailto:?subject=Sliced%20Slivers%20Emanate%20from%20Barbara%20Wildenboer%27s%20Altered%20Books&#038;body=Sliced%20Slivers%20Emanate%20from%20Barbara%20Wildenboer%27s%20Altered%20Books%20&mdash;%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2024%2F09%2Fbarbara-wildenboer-books%2F\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"438746\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While heavy, hardcover reference books often embody prestige and historical value, the comprehensive volumes also carry an air of intellectual overload. Filled from cover to cover with extensive and complex concepts, the tomes beckon the Paradox of Knowledge, which states that the more we learn, the more we realize how little we actually know.<\/p>\n<p>This vexing liminal space between the known and unknown is a driving force for <a href=\"https:\/\/barbarawildenboer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barbara Wildenboer<\/a>\u2019s work. The Cape Town-based artist (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/barbara-wildenboer\/\">previously<\/a>) sources secondhand books that span a wide range of languages, worldviews, and subjects such as philosophy, art, history, music, biology, archaeology, and more. Fascinated by linguistics and systems of writing, Wildenboer aims to decode the ways that we assign meaning to symbols.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an altered hardcover book with its pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look. the spine of the book in the middle reads, &quot;A World History of Art&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-438763 lazyload\" style=\"width:673px;height:auto\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/A-World-History-of-Art-960x720-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;A World History of Art&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scalpel and scissors in hand, Wildenboer transforms countless book pages into narrow, capillary-like slivers that splay outward from the spine. Through these symmetrical sculptures, the artist references other naturally mirrored forms like the brain&#8217;s left and right hemispheres linked by the corpus callosum, the wingspan of the death&#8217;s-head hawkmoth, and the Rorshach inkblot.<\/p>\n<p>Wildenboer connects these formal qualities to the process of deciphering texts. Her biography notes, &#8220;she cuts through these dense and claustrophobic discourses, rendering them mute.\u201d Instead, she alters books to the point that they&#8217;re no longer legible, transforming the once familiar characters into new glyphs.<\/p>\n<p>See more from the artist on her <a href=\"https:\/\/barbarawildenboer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barbarawildenboer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1042\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Book pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look\" class=\"wp-image-438853 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/new_genesis-960x1042-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Genesis&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"A book with a seafoam green colored hard cover is shaped into a semi circle. Its pages are slivered into thin strips and splay outward past the edges of the cover. A cutout hole in the cover reveals the book is titled, &quot;Cogito Ergo Sum&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-438766 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cogito-Ergo-Sum-960x638-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Cogito Ergo Sum&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"707\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an altered hardcover book with its pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look. the red spine of the book in the middle reads, &quot;History of the World&#039;s Art.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-438767 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/History-of-the-Worlds-Art-960x707-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;History of the Worlds&#8217; Art&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1066\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Book pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look\" class=\"wp-image-438855 lazyload\" style=\"width:672px;height:auto\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/new_revelations-960x1066-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Revelations&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"780\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an altered hardcover book with its pages of musical staff paper splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look.\" class=\"wp-image-438764 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/After-Beethoven-final-960x780-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;After Beethoven&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"884\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an altered hardcover book with its pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look. the spine of the book in the middle reads, &quot;Social Anthropology.&quot; the cover is fashioned into a symmetrical &#039;D-shaped&#039; pattern.\" class=\"wp-image-438769 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Social-Anthropology-960x884-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Social Anthropology&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"849\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"an altered hardcover book with its pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look. the spine of the book in the middle reads, &quot;On the Philosophy of History.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-438768 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/On-the-Philosophy-of-History-960x849-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;On the Philosophy of History&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1194\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Book pages splayed outward and spliced into narrow, capillary-like slivers that have a symmetrical look\" class=\"wp-image-438854 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/orionviber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/new_proverbs-960x1194-1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Proverbs&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2024\/09\/barbara-wildenboer-books\/\">Sliced Slivers Emanate from Barbara Wildenboer&#8217;s Altered Books<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;An African Survey.&#8221; All images \u00a9 Barbara Wildenboer, shared with permission Sliced Slivers Emanate from Barbara Wildenboer&#8217;s Altered Books September 4, 2024 Art Craft Jackie Andres Share Pin Email Bookmark While heavy, hardcover reference books often embody prestige and historical value, the comprehensive volumes also carry an air of intellectual overload. 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