.closed work_ is a series consists of deploying a simple intervention towards appropriating certain texts in order to problematize their aims, what they offer, the circumstances they give rise to, the arguments that develop around them and the related politics thereof_
. spiral binding, one of the methods used to retain the integrity of a text that is reproduced through mechanical means, is applied to both edges rather than one, thus bringing about a deconstruction of the physical form that had emerged as a result of the reproduction of the text. this renders the text in an unworkable, indeed, unreadable form; transforming it into nothing but a visual object_
.closed work_ is an ongoing project by .-_-.. it can be applied to many other texts. everyone is also free and encouraged to appropriate this .copyleft!_ work and “close” other texts.
. you can check to web pages for the recent .closed work_ by by .-_-. following the links on the right_