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of Braille books with false covers.
This
installation consists of a series of books presented in
a reading room. The books' covers read, " New World
Translation of The Holy Scriptures." Upon turning the
pages of one of these books, the viewer discovers that the
text is printed in Braille. The content and meaning of the
book is therefore unknown to those who do not read Braille.
Likewise, if a blind Braille reader engages the book, they
will not have access to the information on the books' covers.
This disjuncture is significant because the text bears no
relation to the Holy Scriptures - its face and body belong
to two different worlds. Because the artist appended the
cover to a set of found Braille books, he himself does not
understand their contents. The only audience that will comprehend
the deceptive rupture between the title and contents of
the Brailliterate series is a person in full capacity of
their vision and educated in Braille - one who has learned
the language of the blind.
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