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“Re-purposing”
Old books take on a new life
Exhibition in Edmond de Rothschild Center
Curator: Galit Gaon
Assistant curator: Shira Baum
Do you believe in the reincarnation of books?
A text is a collection of black marks on a white page. Like music notes waiting for a musical instrument, it is the reader who brings life to the story. The encounter between the book and the reader creates a new, unique meaning: the reader brings to the text his life experience, his personality, his value and belief system, the boundaries of his imagination, and the story becomes an extension of his life. The reader, in his ability to identify and empathize, activates the sequence of printed words through his personal meanings.
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