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DET
KJEDELIGE KUNSTVERKET (THE
BORING WORK OF ART)
by Trond Hugo Haugen (NO)
Released: May 2002
Edition: 250
English title: The Boring Work Of Art
Pages: 96 pages
Dimensions: 34x22 cm
Cover: Board
Binding: Sewn Bound
Process: Offset, Black-and-White
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"This book of black-and-white drawings
from Norwegian artist Trond Hugo Haugen tells the fanciful story of a work of art
that was bored one day and flew out the window, dragging the world - attached
by a kind of umbilical cord/electric cable - behind it. The world's travels are
documented in four chapters of drawings with a short Norwegian text translated
into English."
Synopsis
from printedmatter.org
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| Det Kjedelige Kunstverket | The Boring Work Of Art |
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| Eller kunstverket som kjedet seg; | Or the work of art that was bored; |
| et utsnitt av en hittil uforløst historie, | an extract from a so far untold story, |
| et sagn eller aller helst en fabel, | a legend – or better still a fable, |
| kort fortellende læresetning, | a short narrative tale |
| om kunstverket som kjedet seg | about the work of art that was bored |
| og fløy av sted med kloden på slep? | and flew off dragging the globe behind it. |
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| Hvorfor kjedet kunstverket seg, | Why was the work of art bored? |
| var det ensomt, kanskje glemt? | Did it feel lonely – or forgotten? |
| Kjeder all kunst seg? | Does all art feel bored? |
| Hva opplevde kloden på sin ferd, | What did the globe experience on its journey, |
| hva så den? | what did it see? |
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| Og kloden, hva skjedde med den? | And the globe – what happened to it? |
| Har verden forandret seg? | Has the world changed? |
| Påvirker det deg? | Has it had any effect on you? |
| Lar du deg påvirke? |
Do you let yourself be affected? |