What does reading mean to you? 2014-15
Reading can be a pleasure or a pain, a way to learn or a window through which to escape to a better reality. It’s something that people and machines do, sometimes together. It’s everywhere and nowhere. I asked some people what reading meant to them and produced a series of drawings that interpreted their responses. The drawings were produced on the pages of an old book. Sometimes I shared photos of my sketchbooks and even gave a few away.
Some sketches
![Invasion drawing by anthony quinn artist anthony quinn artist Drawing by anthony quinn of a darkly clad figure hunched over a manuscript drawn on the page of an old book](https://i0.wp.com/quirky.ink/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/invasion.jpg?resize=460%2C628&ssl=1)
![All seeing eye sketchbook drawings by anthony quinn anthony quinn artist Sketchbook pages by anthony quinn showing drawings and concept notes for a project](https://i0.wp.com/quirky.ink/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-Seeing-eye.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1)
![Machine reading drawing by anthony quinn artist anthony quinn artist Drawing by anthony quinn of a strange machine with many mechanical arms ending in camera eyeballs that read the pages of a book](https://i0.wp.com/quirky.ink/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Machine-Reading.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1)
Some finished works
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