Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Found Art Meets Creating Fictions
Now that that silly SXSW post is done, I can point you to a book I think is super cool, and mumble-type something about how I had an idea like this years ago. A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers
This is a really good example of creating a fiction based on a snippet of information taken from a limited context. God help me if anyone ever found my to-do lists, but that’s a book I’ve always wanted to make. Find other people’s to-do lists, then explode them exuberantly and outlandishly.
I think this sort of work appeals so much to me because it’s a non-evil way to play with truth and reality. It is almost pure fabrication (in the best of creative ways), but makes no false claims, and involves no hurt feelings, no creepy stalker vibes. There’s no hyperbole of reality, but rather, speculative musings and entertaining fantasy. The reader can play jump-rope with the stories, easily hopping over the changing line that holds the place between fiction and non-fiction.
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