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Radosław Nowakowski The Frankfurt Chronicle ISBN: 978-83-61946-32-8 year: 2000 / 2003 size: 21x21 cm covers: silver corrugated cardboard + slipcase paper: 120g, white print: inkjet printer language: four language version (Polish-English-Esperanto-French) open edition In 2000 I was at the Book Fair in
Frankfurt. I took part in the SCRIPTORIUM project
which showed some surprising analogies between the
epoch of hand written and illuminated books not
printed at all and the epoch of computer written and
printed books (and somehow computer illuminated). I
was to chronicle the Fair – to chronicle rather
feelings, impressions and thoughts than events. And I
did. The chronicle was to be printed gradually. And it
was printed. It was to appear in the Internet. And it
appeared. However not all parts appeared and were
printed – we had not enough time and too many
problems. What was printed and what appeared in the
Internet was full of mistakes.
Three
years later I found in my computer the „Frankfurt”
files and the printed version on the shelf. I
corrected what we had not corrected then. I added what
we had not added then. Maybe now it looks like it
should look. Maybe. However with no doubt this book
has its beginning (or end) in the middle. |