Steven Bode

Artist book in relation to a project of the same name by Cory Arcangel. The book is based on a text by Paul Morley, edited by Steven Bode and arranged by Dexter Sinister with assorted appendices. To make the work 'A Couple Thousand Short Films About Glenn Gould' Cory Arcangel spliced together nearly 2000 clips of amateur musicians performances taken from video sharing sites such as YouTube. The text opens: '1/ 210 possible first lines/openings to a book about the relationship between the end show more of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century .' Each book includes a unique photograph by Cory Arcangel corresponding to 1 of the 1,106 JPEGs, used to edit the double-channel video installation. show less

Catalogue for an exhibition entitled, "PIDGIN interrupted transmission" held at the Norwich Gallery in November/December 2001.

"He's always there, isn't he" (164-165)?