In “Random Excess: Linearity to Labyrinthian”, Adrianne Wortzel reads from and discusses her artist’s books in conversation with Corina Reynolds, Executive Director of Center for Book Arts. In Wortzel’s artists’ books text and image are algorithmically reassembled to form shifting, concealed narratives inviting the reader to navigate meaning through chance and discovery. Her algorithmic and augmented-reality books transform autobiography into a maze of fragments, concealments, and unexpected connections. In this live reading and talk, the artist reveals how randomness, repetition, and obscurity shape new forms of self-portraiture.
Event Location: Center For Book Arts
Event page | Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10001
Video documentation of the 6:00pm ET, January 26, 2026 event of Random Excess: Linearity to Labyrinthian. Recorded on Zoom, edited by Xinan Ran.
About the artist:
Adrianne Wortzel artists’ books and electronic literature interweave elements of analogue techniques with computer-generated processes. Wortzel’s artist’s books and works of electronic literature have been collected by the Morgan Library & Museum, Pratt Institute Special Collections, Franklin Furnace Artists’ Books Collection, Harvard Fine Arts Library, MIT Distinctive Collections, Yale Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, and UC Irvine Langson Library. Her books have earned the recognition of rare book dealers and publishers including Granary Books, Printed Matter, and Small Editions. Wortzel’s books have been featured at Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, New York Art Book Fair, BOOKSMART: Art on Paper, and CODEX International Book Fair and Symposium.
Adrianne’s Artists’ Books https://adriannewortzel.com/artists-books. To purchase, please contact eliana@adriannewortzel.com
