Bookmarks VII now online
Bookmarks VII Infiltrating the Library System 2009-2010 is now live with 37 artists contributing 3600 bookmarks from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA and Australia.
Bookmarks: Infiltrating the Library System was initially a one-year project, but so many artists continued to ask if they could join that we now run it on an annual basis. The Bookmarks projects series aim is to encourage appreciation of work in the format of the artist's book. Participating artists each hand-produce an edition of 100 signed and numbered bookmarks to give away through distribution boxes at venues around the world.
Since May 2004, the Bookmarks series of free artwork distribution has visited 50 venues in Italy, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, Poland, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Cyprus, Croatia, New Zealand, Japan, Australia and the USA.
Over 250 artists have contributed more than 25,000 bookmarks to the five projects to date. Contributions are collated into sets; one full set being sent to each of the contributing artists and the rest divided and sent in distribution boxes to participating galleries, bookstores and libraries around the world, for visitors to take.
Each bookmark is stamped with the current Bookmarks project website address, which directs the taker of the bookmark to the gallery section of the website. Visitors to the site can view works by the artists and contact contributors via their website and email links on our site
If you would like to join in future Bookmarks projects, please email Sarah for instructions at Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk and see below:
Bookmarks VIII Escaping the Library System 2010-2011 - has a twist - this time, it will be Librarians only. Library staff will be making them rather than distributing them.
Quite a few of our previous bookmarks makers have been librarians, so we thought we would ask them to infiltrate some other places with their own bookmarks. If you work in a library and would like to join, then please get in touch.
Bookmarks IX Infiltrating the Library System 2011-2012 has places available.
To visit the Bookmarks I website, click here
To visit the Bookmarks II website, click here
To visit the Bookmarks III website, click here
To visit the Bookmarks IV website, click here
To visit the Bookmarks V website, click here
To visit the Bookmarks VI website, click here