The tides story - Xu Bing

"Xu Bing, Weber, and Perez, join together to create a unique and profound reading experience. Multi-lingual calligraphy flows wavelike through a seascape horizon, interrupting the conventional act of reading and translation and thus renewing the practices of reading and writing as overt parts of the aesthetic experience. The painting and calligraphy integrate with the subject matter and the book within its form and function. The metaphorical components of salty blood, ink and seawater suggest the exchange of communication and the actions of the waves. The wind is replicated in the actual book design as it engages the reader both physically and intellectually with its production of waves—which are the primary form of material movement of light, sound, heat, and liquid."