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Tree of Codes brings together literature and visual art by employing the die‑cut technique to manipulate pages of Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles. Jonathan Safran Foer, in collaboration with Visual Editions, cut sections of the original text to create a new narrative that interacts physically and conceptually with the source material. The result is an experimental artist’s book that invites readers to experience the story both as printed language and as sculpted form.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Arts & Culture/Fine Art
Authors: Jonathan Safran Foer
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