Oulipismes (reference to the OULIPO - OUvroir de LIttérature Potentielle) by Miller Lévy comes from two What do I know? From which he cuts out the titles and recomposes them: La littérature du hasard and L'exploitation fantastique - from the original titles La littérature fantastique and L'Exploitation du hasard - are one example among others. Miller Levy creates, through the cut-outs of the titles of the Que sais-je? Collection, astonishing and poetic textual encounters. Oulipismes are presented in the form of two trimmed and permuted books that the artist fits under Plexiglas. Cutting and assembling the titles between them, Miller Levy completes the proliferating Collection Que Sais-je? which to date has more than three thousand titles. The edition of the artist's book Oulipismes by Miller Lévy comes in the form of a fake Que Sais-je? borrowing its number of pages, its format and its graphic charter. The 56 Oulipismes reproduced make visible the volume of the book-object, the cuts made by the artist, the alterations, tears and wear of previous readers. The edition is accompanied by an afterword by Didier Semin entitled Les Vacances de Bouvard et Pécuchet.


128 color pages
Size: 17.5 x 11.5 cm
Supple cover
Language: french and english
Publication: second quarter 2008
Publisher: Editions du Bas Parleur
ISBN: 978-2-917572-0-9