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an alternative summer reading list
review by lori waxman for the chicago tribune july 13 2011
read at the chicago tribune
Poring over the latest John Grisham or Danielle Steel with sand in my toes, the sun overhead and a towel underneath is not my idea of a perfect summer afternoon. There's the danger of the sun, and the impossibility of finding a truly comfortable reading position while lying down without a headboard — but most of all there's the problem of hollow, page-turning fluff, hundreds and hundreds of sheets of it.
Fortunately alternatives exist, some of the most peculiar of which are sewn, pasted, drawn, photographed and even just plain written by artists. Two current group shows, one at Western Exhibitions, the other at Columbia College's Center for Book and Paper Arts, present a season's worth of inspired reading in the form of artists' books, zines and pamphlets, plus text-based drawings and sculptures.
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Another is Rebecca Mir, whose self-published chapbook "Between Mountains and Sea" uses text, image, concrete poetry and diagrams to meditate on gay marriage, ice cream, alter egos and freedom. She lists dozens of crushes but always returns to her love for high peaks and bodies of water....
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