toutpetitlaplanete: Xu Bing - Book from the Sky [detail], circa 1987-91 “While the work is ins
![toutpetitlaplanete: Xu Bing - Book from the Sky [detail], circa 1987-91 “While the work is ins](https://64.media.tumblr.com/656fd2fd4fe40d05827de98c26f657d4/tumblr_n1s4jhMC7O1rpqml6o1_640.jpg "toutpetitlaplanete: Xu Bing - Book from the Sky [detail], circa 1987-91 “While the work is ins")
toutpetitlaplanete:Xu Bing - Book from the Sky [detail], circa 1987-91“While the work is inspired by the form and typography of traditional Chinese woodblock publications, faithfully replicating every stylistic detail of traditional Chinese printing, not a single one of its roughly 1,200 characters… is intelligible. Each of these imaginary characters conveys the appearance of legibility but remains defiantly undecipherable.” -- source link