This Just In: Wayfinding by Julie Chen
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/featured_images/WFdemo.jpg" alt width="100%" height="100%">Book artist Julie Chen’s new work, <em>Wayfinding</em>, has found its way to Hill Memorial Library! This beautiful book is now on display in the exhibition “<a href="/sites/default/files/featured_images/exploding-the-codex-book-arts-in-special-collections">Exploding the Codex: Book Arts in Special Collections</a>.” Chen’s work is focused on the physical nature of the book and the sensory experience involved in the act of reading. For example, the paper used in the construction of <em>Wayfinding</em> produces a distinctive sound when pages are turned. The artist will present "Every Moment of a Book" as part of the <a href="https://design.lsu.edu/calendar/julie-chen-every-moment-of-a-book/">Alf… C. Glassell, Jr. Endowed Lecture Series</a> at the LSU College of Art & Design at 5 pm on Thursday, October 24, 2019, in the LSU Design Building Auditorium (Rm. 103). Learn more about her work by visiting <a href="https://flyingfishpress.com/">flyingfishpress.com</a>. Caroline Ziegler, Madeline Conrad, and Madelaine Kobe of LSU Libraries Special Collections demonstrate how <em>Wayfinding</em> works in the composite image shown here. Visit “Exploding the Codex: Book Arts in Special Collections” through December 13, 2019.</p>
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