Main entry:

Dubbin, Melissa, artist.

Title & Author:

Fallen books / a project by Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson

Publication:

Paris : Onestar Press, 2008

Description:

1 online resource (113 PDF pages) : illustrations (some color)

Restrictions:

Open access

Notes:
"Published 2008; 200 x 150 mm; 224 pages; Color cover; Binding: screw post fasteners; Interior: color; 500 copies"--Publisher's description
"Books are earthquake proof. Fallen Books is a book project that brings together images of toppled books housed in seismically-active libraries. The photographs, often taken by librarians, are laid out as a chronological index of libraries in the aftermath of an earthquake and include earthquake names, locations, dates and the relative intensity of the earthquake as measured by the Modified Mercalli Scale. The accompanying captions are quotes from newspapers and librarian's notes. The Mercalli Scale is a descriptive and graphic alternative to the Richter Scale, that quantifies how strongly an earthquake affects the Earth's surface, humans, man- made objects and nature, on a scale of I through XII. Topographic maps of earthquake areas use the Mercalli Scale color code to indicate how far away from the epicenter the earthquake was felt and at what degree of intensity. This book in the hands of the reader will always refer to the copies of Fallen Books introduced into the featured libraries. The book is both an archive and a forecast. Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson. Graphic design: Francesca Grassi"--Publisher's Web site
Title from PDF page 1

Summary:

"Books are earthquake proof. Fallen Books is a book project that brings together images of toppled books housed in seismically-active libraries. The photographs, often taken by librarians, are laid out as a chronological index of libraries in the aftermath of an earthquake and include earthquake names, locations, dates and the relative intensity of the earthquake as measured by the Modified Mercalli Scale. The accompanying captions are quotes from newspapers and librarian's notes. The Mercalli Scale is a descriptive and graphic alternative to the Richter Scale, that quantifies how strongly an earthquake affects the Earth's surface, humans, man- made objects and nature, on a scale of I through XII. Topographic maps of earthquake areas use the Mercalli Scale color code to indicate how far away from the epicenter the earthquake was felt and at what degree of intensity. This book in the hands of the reader will always refer to the copies of Fallen Books introduced into the featured libraries. The book is both an archive and a forecast."-- provided by distributor.

Resources:
Full text PDF

Subject:

Books in art.
Libraries Earthquake effects Pictorial works.
Buildings Earthquake effects Pictorial works.
Livres dans l'art.
Bibliothèques Effets des tremblements de terre sur Ouvrages illustrés.
Constructions Effets des tremblements de terre sur Ouvrages illustrés.
Buildings Earthquake effects

Form/genre:

Artists' books.
PDF.
e-books.
artists' books (books)
Pictorial works
Livres numériques.
Livres d'artistes.

Added entries:

Davidson, Aaron S.
Onestar Press, publisher.