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The Art Assignment

Combinatory Play - Pablo Helguera

Season 3 Episode 29

This week we meet Pablo Helguera, an artist, museum educator, and writer, at the Indianapolis stop of his Spanish language bookstore Librería Donceles. His assignment challenges you to give old books new lives through combinatory play. Here's what he means:

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