DET KJEDELIGE KUNSTVERKET (THE BORING WORK OF ART) EDITION 250, 2002 www.nocube.com images / text (english) noCUBE 001: DET KJEDELIGE KUNSTVERKET (THE BORING WORK OF ART) Synopsis from printedmatter.org: "This book of black-and-white drawings from Norwegian artist Trond Hugo Haugen tells the fanciful story of a work of art that was bored one day and flew out the window, dragging the world - attached by a kind of umbilical cord/electric cable - behind it. The world's travels are documented in four chapters of drawings with a short Norwegian text translated into English." Released: 5 May 2002 Edition: 250 Original title: Det Kjedelige Kunstverket English title: The Boring Work Of Art Released Year: 2002 Pages: Unpaginated (48 leaves) Dimensions (Height x Width): 22x34 cm Cover: Board Binding: Sewn Bound Process: Offset, Black-and-White English Translation: The Boring Work Of Art Or the work of art that was bored; an extract from a so far untold story, a legend – or better still a fable, a short narrative tale about the work of art that was bored and flew off dragging the globe behind it. Why was the work of art bored? Did it feel lonely – or forgotten? Does all art feel bored? What did the globe experience on its journey, what did it see? And the globe – what happened to it? Has the world changed? Has it had any effect on you? Do you let yourself be affected? Norwegian Text: Det Kjedelige Kunstverket Eller kunstverket som kjedet seg; et utsnitt av en hittil uforløst historie, et sagn eller aller helst en fabel, kort fortellende læresetning, om kunstverket som kjedet seg og fløy av sted med kloden på slep? Hvorfor kjedet kunstverket seg, var det ensomt, kanskje glemt? Kjeder all kunst seg? Hva opplevde kloden på sin ferd, hva så den? Og kloden, hva skjedde med den? Har verden forandret seg? Påvirker det deg? Lar du deg påvirke? IMAGES / DET KJEDELIGE KUNSTVERKET