Stanley Brouwn / Tatvan
BROUWN Stanley (Paramaribo, Suriname 1935 - Amsterdam 2017)
Münich, Aktionsraum 1, 1970 [June], 15x21,5 cm., paperback, pp. (32), typographical cover. Artist’s book with pages joined together with a metal staple placed on the upper internal margin. The text elaborates in decreasing order, the ideal distances to travel to reach the town of Tatvan in Turkey. Each page expresses a distance whose measurement is equal to the result obtained from the measurement expressed on the previous page by multiplying it by 1,000: on the first page the distance is 1 km (“X - Tatwan 1 km”); in the last one the distance from Tatwan is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 km. Original edition.
[Bibliography: L’Arengario S.B. 2012: n. 47.1; Lailach 2005: page 101].
BROUWN Stanley (Paramaribo, Suriname 1935 - Amsterdam 2017)
Münich, Aktionsraum 1, 1970 [June], 15x21,5 cm., paperback, pp. (32), typographical cover. Artist’s book with pages joined together with a metal staple placed on the upper internal margin. The text elaborates in decreasing order, the ideal distances to travel to reach the town of Tatvan in Turkey. Each page expresses a distance whose measurement is equal to the result obtained from the measurement expressed on the previous page by multiplying it by 1,000: on the first page the distance is 1 km (“X - Tatwan 1 km”); in the last one the distance from Tatwan is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 km. Original edition.
[Bibliography: L’Arengario S.B. 2012: n. 47.1; Lailach 2005: page 101].
BROUWN Stanley (Paramaribo, Suriname 1935 - Amsterdam 2017)
Münich, Aktionsraum 1, 1970 [June], 15x21,5 cm., paperback, pp. (32), typographical cover. Artist’s book with pages joined together with a metal staple placed on the upper internal margin. The text elaborates in decreasing order, the ideal distances to travel to reach the town of Tatvan in Turkey. Each page expresses a distance whose measurement is equal to the result obtained from the measurement expressed on the previous page by multiplying it by 1,000: on the first page the distance is 1 km (“X - Tatwan 1 km”); in the last one the distance from Tatwan is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 km. Original edition.
[Bibliography: L’Arengario S.B. 2012: n. 47.1; Lailach 2005: page 101].
