{"product_id":"the-boy-and-the-bird","title":"The Boy and the Bird","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor this publication, American poet and visual artist Emmett Williams collaborated with Tom Wasmuth to illustrate his 90-part narrative poem “The Boy and the Bird”. Conceived as a contemporary fable, the poem was dedicated to Dorothy Iannone. Wasmuth’s intervention extends from the cover to the geometric black sections meant to be cut out, accompanying each section of the poem. The resulting interplay of image and text creates a side-by-side encounter between concrete and narrative poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe colophon makes explicit the logic of this interaction: “The cover photograph illustrates the intention of the artist. To realize this intention, the reader may cut out the black area of each page and remove the cover photograph.” In this copy, the proposed intervention has already been enacted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis interactive artist’s book was exhibited in 2024 as part of \"Text as Image\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat Studio 454 in Venice, alongside a profusion of concrete and visual poetry publications, as well as entirely “white books”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54425359286611,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/theboyandthebird.png?v=1785245758","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/the-boy-and-the-bird","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}