Wes White has retyped the first twelve chapters and seven verses of Genesis and re-arranged all the words into alphabetical order. The words of (320 times) God (54 times).
You can buy a copy of it in fanzine form for £2 from his website: www.ecartilage.co.uk
In his forward to the fanzine Wes tells us how he had planned to spend till 2010 rearranging the whole of the King James Bible into alphabetical order. The project was first delayed (because of laptop failure) and then abandoned (because Wes read of Simon Popper's alphabetical rendition of Ulysses in this years Becks Futures exhibition).
If the story in the forward is true then it is one of art’s great coincidences that Popper exhibited his edition while Wes was starting on his. But I’d like to believe that Wes has made up the story, and in so doing has taken Popper’s idea and done something new and original with it.
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Having read the last week's entries, I am really glad there was such a suitable title among those from which you had to choose for this one.
Any amount of protestation wilt surely be too much regards the authenticity of the foreward, I fear, so I'll say nothing further except to thank you for the review.
Wes
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