Daisy-chained history o’ printers make artist’s book

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Daisy-chained history o’ printers make artist’s book

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Cory writes on Boing Boing:

Xavier Antin’s installation piece “Just in Time” uses four devices spanning 100 years of desktop printing to generate a rather lovely book; each printer’s output is the input for the next one down the line.

Just in Time, or A Short History of Production

2 thoughts on “Daisy-chained history o’ printers make artist’s book”

  1. GFK's says:

    Am I the only one who immediately thought of the The Human Centipede when seeing this thing?

    In case you don’t know about it, I invite you to check the Wikipedia article first, as the YouTube videos can be rather disturbing…
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Centipede_%28First_Sequence%29

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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