Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art
Nancy Perloff
Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2016
Russian futurist book art from 1910 to 1915 combines dynamic lithographs with the sounds of zaum poetry. This interactive exemplifies the interplay of word-image-sound through audio recordings, Russian transliterations, and English translations of 10 poems, presented directly within the pages of the artist’s books.
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