{"product_id":"ferdinand-kriwet-ferdinand-kriwet-9783959053204","title":"Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePioneering media artist and concrete poet Ferdinand Kriwet's 1971 cult artist's book in a facsimile edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA monumental, three-volume encyclopedia of alphabetically organized images, \u003ci\u003eFerdinand Kriwet: Stars\u003c\/i\u003e was first published by Kiepenheuer \u0026amp; Witsch in 1971. In the 1960s, German author and media artist Ferdinand Kriwet (1942-2018), inspired by concrete poetry and its interest in the visual quality of linguistic signs, began to approach the literary medium of the book in a new way. Imagining new ways of reading that resisted linearity, Kriwet experimented with alternatives, encouraging a rapid back-and-forth between the pages of the book and the texts and images on them. In \u003ci\u003eStars\u003c\/i\u003e, he treats images like words and arranges them in alphabetical order in an epic encyclopedia format. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, \u003ci\u003eStars\u003c\/i\u003e has only been available, at considerable cost, in antiquarian book catalogs. This new facsimile edition of \u003ci\u003eFerdinand Kriwet: Stars\u003c\/i\u003e brings Kriwet's pioneering vision and his seminal book back into print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ferdinand Kriwet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3959053207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959053204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ferdinand Kriwet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079472312575,"sku":"9783959053204","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcd62cec-3604-41f8-9cba-472db5313136.jpg?v=1685481336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ferdinand-kriwet-ferdinand-kriwet-9783959053204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}