AU Books – Arte Utile

Lettura abitabile

A ring binder with transparent plastic jackets which contain studies in form of text and sketches.

C’era una volta

Fan-folded Book almost closed. Each page contains a continous stripe in the center with collaged text scraps and handwritten words/ texts.

Zähne die nichts mehr zu beissen haben

A white empty book cover made from plaster. Small paper pieces with title on the cover.

Sonnige Tage

A book in between 2 small wodden boards nailed together. A cutted out hole in the wooden board to read the book title.

Sillabario contro la guerra

A cube of metal tubes. Inside wooden panels threaded through holes on 2 tubes.

Salgo una scala a Köln

Opened fanfolded book. Each page shows a photograph a man in front of a wall. Visible traces of an stairway of torn down building on the wall.

Responsabile Pino Poggi

Wooden panels threaded through holes on a conctruction of metal tubes.

Reichsgesetzblatt 1910–1949

On a simple rustic wooden bench 3 piles of books pierced by a metal lance. A metal chain connects the lances at their top. One pile contains a glas casket in beteen the books.

Progetti per abitare e vivere veramente

Opened book/folder. A vetical printed german text over the whole inside. Parts are crossed out with multiple lines.

Omaggio a Luigi Pisano

A metal cage hangs on a chain. Inside in the center of the cage a totem like pole with assembled small wodden panels.

Numerus clausus

Metalplates with collaged images and texts enfolded by a construction of metal tubes.

Noi e la collana d’oro che non è piu d’oro

A conctruction of metal tubes with threaded wooden panels. Each wood panel has a square form cutted out in the middle. This holes're covered with glass and contain parts of a golden chain inside.

Mi consumo

Opened book with handwritten text.

Ma

Wooden casket with a sliding cover showing the letters "MA".

Io mi consumo

Opened book with several handwritten lines.

Libro con segni geometrici

A conctruction of metal tubes with threaded wooden panels. A geometrical form is cutted out in the middle of each panel.

Lexikon

All woodem panels flipped open.

Latino

A found book wrapped with iron chain closed by padlock. A sticker with the handwritten word "Latino" covers the original title.

La violenza come metodo di governo

A cube of metal tubes. Wooden handwritten and photocollaged panels threaded through holes on 2 tubes.

Ich mit den Köpfen / Ich ausgelöscht

Sheet with collaged head photos.

Pedagogia

Ring binder with transparent plastic jackets containing play instructions.

Umwelt, Gefahr und Schmutz

A cube of metal tubes. Wooden handwritten and photocollaged panels threaded through holes on 2 tubes.

Kriegsbücher schneide ich so

Small wooden table with a manual bread slicer. Lots of paper scraps on the floor.

Il primo giorno di sole

Wooden panels with handwritten text on a construction of metal tubes.

La Pace si fa con la guerra

Frontcover made of a carpet with handwritten title.

Katholische Schulbibel

Wooden board with cutted out rectangle to uncover the book title. 2 large nails stuck in the board.

Kassel

Book inside a glass box. Question- and exclamation mark drawn on the book.

Ein jugoslawisches Lohnarbeitsbuch aus den Jahren 1949 mit Photos von Arbeitern

Bookpages show handwritten payroll lists.

Iniziazione alla vita (poesia)

A construction of 2 bended metal tubes on a base plate. Wooden panels threaded through holes on the metal tubes.

Futurologia Sociale Critica

Inside filled with foamy plastic. Small head of a doll stuck in the foamy on one side. Part of a chain on the other. Handwritten messages on both sides.

Europa Syndrom

Partly opened book soaked in red paint mounted on a mirror. Large nails penetrate the book body.

Dio Albero

Bookpages with a photo of a tree each. Handwritten notes underneath.

Elvis Presley

Inside of case with text and image of Elvis attached.

Un archivio per libro come si deve

Row of books ordered by size. Entire row packed into a metal frame locked with a padlock.

Diario di un piatto di nome Pino

Pile of wooden panels in front of metal tube construction.