AustLit

'The book form inherently has within it the notion of the archive. Books have the capacity to serve as records - "either reproducing a record of experience and information or serving as the document themselves." As Tim Guest suggested over thirty years ago in his introduction to Books by Artists, the documentary function is one of the main thematic elements of artists books. Books that document categorize larger elements to create order and meaning, The book, therefore, is a natural vehicle for the documentation of architecture and, more broadly, spatial practice.' (Introduction, 13)