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Punched Pages : Holes in Experimental Print Literature (2024)

Kilpiö, J.-P. (2024). Punched Pages : Holes in Experimental Print Literature. In S. Sjöberg, M. Keskinen, & A. Karhumaa (Eds.), The Experimental Book Object : Materiality, Media, Design (pp. 104-123). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334293-8

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Kilpiö, Juha-Pekka

Parent publication: The Experimental Book Object : Materiality, Media, Design

Parent publication editors: Sjöberg, Sami; Keskinen, Mikko; Karhumaa, Arja

ISBN: 978-1-032-36881-8

eISBN: 978-1-003-33429-3

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 30/11/2023

Pages range: 104-123

Number of pages in the book: 336

Publisher: Routledge

Place of Publication: New York

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334293-8

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Abstract

This chapter analyzes perforations in printed books. Though holes are based on absence, they foreground the materiality of the surrounding book most forcefully. Moreover, they are a feature peculiar to paper pages. The primary works are Tove Jansson’s Hur gick det sen? (1952), Kevin Osborn’s Tropos (1988), Marc-Antoine Mathieu’s L’Origine (1990), and Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman’s Chora L Works (1997). They offer variables toward a typology of literary holes. Theoretically, the article draws on media archaeology. Perforation relates to the early digital media of punched cards, but in later experimental literature it emphasizes the specific possibilities of the book.

Keywords: books; experimental literature; materiality; literary research

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2023

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