How Long to Read Daphne

How Long Does it Take to Read Daphne?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 20 minutes to read Daphne by Sigmar Polke

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In Greek mythology, Daphne is the nymph who runs from Apollo's love, determined not to marry. She ends up a Laurel tree. In contemporary art mythology, Sigmar Polke is a magician who transforms seemingly unrelated imagery and techniques into whirlwind, idiosyncratic collages that astonish the expectant eye. And then there is this object, "Daphne," an artist's book created by Sigmar Polke. An oversize anthology of sources of visual inspiration, a photocopied book that paradoxically reveals the artist's hand, a sketchbook for the machine age--"Daphne" runs and runs, is caught by the photocopier, and runs some more, only to be bound in the end. Created directly by Polke himself, "Daphne" is a book with 23 chapters illustrated in large-format photocopies. Each "copy" of the book differs, as each has been photocopied and manipulated individually, pulled from the machine by the hand and watchful eye of the artist. Process is revealed, over and over again. Motifs accumulate page after page, as do small graphic cycles. The printed dot, the resolution, the subject, and the speed all determine and are determined by the apparently unpredictable and often impenetrable secret of a picture whose drafts are akin to the waste products of a copying machine. Even if the motifs in this book provide but a brief insight into the artist's hitherto secret files and archives, it is still a significant one. For the first time, we witness an artist's book with such an aura of authenticity that Walter Benjamin's seminal essay, "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," bears consequent re-reading. Produced in a limited edition of 1,000 "copies," each of which has been numbered and signed by Sigmar Polke.

How long is Daphne?

Daphne by Sigmar Polke is 440 pages long, and a total of 110,000 words.

This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 134% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Daphne Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 1 minute to read Daphne aloud.

What Reading Level is Daphne?

Daphne is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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