Attempting to blur the line between objects, sculpture, and photography, Cara Barer manipulates discarded books into strange origami like sculptures by changing their hardbound appearances. She photographs the objects in a state of flux and arrives at her final images through chance and experimentation.
Her process begins with soaking the books for a few hours until they have a malleable shape. Then she sculpts a form for each book according to its size, content, and type of paper. Her book sculptures comment on the obsolescence world of libraries in our century today.
Here are some of her work from 2004-2011:
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