Linda Newbown

Reference：

Newbown, L. (2001) Tennis ball, Google. Available at: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/tennis-ball-linda-newbown/mgF_tUO51zbB7w?hl=en (Accessed: 16 August 2023).

Newbown states that this book was made as a response to the dichotomy between the book as an object and as a container of information: “A book is a difficult thing to define because half of it is object and half is an abstract concept. Is a book the sum of certain requisite characteristics? If a book has no pages is it still a book? If it cannot be opened is it still a book? These are the things I like to ask as I make my books. My artist’s books are a way of questioning bookishness".

Some of Newbown's ideas also got me thinking: What should a book/diary look like to people? Do people think that keeping a diary represents a real record of their life? Do people who keep diaries pay more attention to the details of their daily lives?
This is what I want to explore in my works, because sometimes our brain can make us forget a lot of the bad moments in life, and only remember the good moments. This physiological reason will greatly affect our daily diary, then is this diary still a diary? I hope my work can really make people think about something (it doesn't have to be heavy, of course).

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