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I am currently transcribing Henry Darger's first volume with the intent to have his entire works accessible and readable. For those who don't know, this is an ambitious project, as his complete works contain 15,145 pages and was written over a lifetime. Due to working a more than full time job, updates are not based on a schedule but a base-by-base case.
I try to keep as close to the original formatting as possible with the exception of paragraph breaks and indentations. His works, contained in bound books and scanned as spreads, are deceptively dense. I have preserved certain words Henry consistently misspelled. I believe those add an additional personal dimension to his already unique work. Those words that are inconsistently spelled due to typos I have corrected.
The names of cities and countries are unique, and some may have different variations of spelling. This is partly due to the quality of the scan and my personal unfamiliarity with the names themselves. This is a work in progress. My current focus is to transcribe. My secondary focus is to revise. Not in the sense of changing the work, but rather creating consistency (such as names for countries, typhoons, and creatures) in order to be more faithful to the original manuscript.
This is a work in progress, in which both the blog and my posts will be polished up and organized more efficiently over time. Expect change. This is a journey.
Henry Darger is by far my favorite artist. It is a miracle and a blessing that his work was preserved. Below I have provided all known links about Henry Darger. The first link is all of his works which can be downloaded in a PDF format.
Please, if you see any unintentional typos, let me know and I will fix it :)
Links:
Realms of the Unreal : Henry Darger : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Henry Darger (officialhenrydarger.com)
Henry Darger - 26 artworks - painting (wikiart.org)
www.art.org (Intuit art gallery)
Henry Darger | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)
Henry Darger Documentary – REVOLUTIONS OF THE NIGHT: THE ENIGMA OF HENRY DARGER (dargerfilm.com)
Outsider - a musical album & transmedia project inspired by Henry Darger (outsideronline.co)
Below is upcoming projects!
To Do:
- What is an Outside Artist?
-Who is Henry Darger?
-A Comprehensive gallery of Henry Darger's art
-Quick tip for downloading large PDFs
-YouTube documentaries
-music
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