Bookmarks V Infiltrating: Japan, UK, Poland, USA, Croatia and New Zealand, September 2007 - February 2008 Launched 20th September 2007 - come and claim yours! Since May 2004, the Bookmarks series of free, international artwork distribution has visited 56 venues in Italy, The Netherlands, UK, Germany, Poland, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Cyprus, Australia, and the USA. Over 198 artists have contributed more than 19,800 bookmarks to the five projects so far. Bookmarks: Infiltrating the Library System's aim is to get more people to appreciate work in the format of the artist's book. Participating artists who work in the book format, each produce an edition of 100 bookmarks for free distribution. |
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Bookmarks are available, free at 10 venues in Japan, UK, Poland, USA, Croatia and New Zealand until 20th February 2008. See the Bookmarks V page for venue details and all artists’ bookmarks and contact details:
For more information, or to participate in future Bookmarks projects, please e-mail : Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk
| Artist’s Book Yearbook 2008-9 Publication date 30th September 2007 In the 2008-2009 issue of the Artist’s Book Yearbook, we have new writers’ contributions from the UK, Mexico, France and the USA, and artists’ pages by contributors from the UK, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Chile and the USA. Essays by: Colin Sackett, Martha Hellion, Heather Hunter, Luci Gorell Barnes, John Bently, Richard Price, Stephen Bury, Gabriel Gbadamosi, David Ferry, Kristin Miller, Neil Cameron, Spy Emerson, Sally Alatalo, John McDowall, Meeloo Gfeller and Anna Hellsgård, Tanya Peixoto’s bookartbookshop bi-annual update, and a report on the First CODEX Foundation’s Symposium and Book Fair in Berkeley, USA. Artists’ Pages by: Paul Laidler, Hilary Judd, Louise Best, Mike Nicholson, Tortie, Sumi Perera, Gray Fraser, Ivonne Murillo, Andrés Gatti, Earle D. Swope and Ahlrich van Ohlen |
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Information and listings sections of: book artists, organisations, collections, book fairs, centres, bookshops, fairs, events, bookbinders, typeset and design services, print studios, courses and more… over 208pp.
£15 GBP UK/Republic of Ireland
£16 GBP International
To order, e-mail: Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk
or see: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/abyb08.htm
| The Blue Notebook
: Vol 2 No 1 Publication date 18th October 2007 Essays by: Melanie Bush and Emma Powell: Meeting in the Middle - A Book Arts Collaboration; Alan Halsey: In The Absence Of Blanchot : Nick Thurston’s Reading the Remove of Literature; Sarah Jacobs: Readers 2; Mike Nicholson: Stand Well Back - Notes from the Locus position; Tate Shaw: Walking Through Walls: Meditations on Recto/Verso; Chris Taylor: The Top 100, National Gallery of Canada. Artists’ pages by: Amin Musa, Joan Ainley, Jackie Batey and Manya Donaque. Cover and badge design by: Helen Murgatroyd We welcome submissions of writing on contemporary artists’ books for The Blue Notebook. Deadline for submissions to issue 4 is: 19th January 2008. To subscribe at £10 GBP per Volume (2 issues) please click here. |
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| scissorspaperstone Avenues Youth Club London Saturday 12 April 2008 A one-day, subsidised artist's book and multiples fair offering artists, book artists and small presses an exciting opportunity to display and sell work directly to the public. The fair will showcase a range of vibrant and innovative contemporary artists' books and multiples in two venues close to londonprintstudio. The fair will be supported by a programme of workshops and demonstrations, and an exhibition at londonprintstudio exploring 'the book' as subject, form and inspiration. |
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The event is organised by londonprintstudio in partnership with Book Arts at the Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol.
scissorspaperstone is the first London stage of a biennial book fair collaboration. Approximately 60 tables are allocated for hire in advance. In addition, a small number of tables will be released on the day of the fair for students and recent graduates (details below). scissorspaperstone will be marketed widely to galleries, established collectors and creative professionals.
All events will be open to the public and visitor admission will be free.
Artists (individuals and groups) and small presses are invited to submit proposals (no submission fee) to take part in this not-for-profit event. Exhibitors will be selected by a juried panel of artists and curators in order to allocate the stands on a fair basis, tables are subsidised and will cost £100 for exhibitors.
Reduced-priced tables for students and recent graduates.
11am - 6pm Saturday 12 April 2008
The book fair will take place at the following venues close to londonprintstudio in West London:
Avenues Youth Club
Third Avenue,
W10 Queen's Park United Reformed Church
Third Avenue/Harrow Road
W10
Cost:
Free submission to juried panel
£100 table charge for artists accepted for the fair or
£25 three-hour morning or afternoon session, reserved for students and recent graduates (graduating 2005 or later) to hire on a first-come first-served basis on the day
Additional Benefits:
listing on ongoing website, inclusion in printed list of participants and in press release - with potential for editorial and other publicity - and an opportunity to network and develop relationships with collectors and commissioning institutions.
How to Apply:
Application forms available from:
londonprintstudio
425 Harrow Road
London
W10 4RE
t: +44 (0)20 8969 3247
f: +44 (0)20 8964 0008
textphone: +44 (0)20 8969 8271
e-mail : bookarts@londonprintstudio.org.uk
Go to www.londonprintstudio.org.uk for a downloadable application form (Word document and PDF).
Deadline for Submissions:
Friday 14 December 2007.
Successful applicants will be notified by 31 January 2008.
Further Information:
Book Arts Co-ordinator
londonprintstudio
425 Harrow Road
London
W10 4RE
t: +44 (0)20 8969 3247
e-mail: bookarts@londonprintstudio.org.uk
Web : http://www.londonprintstudio.org.uk
Project Partners:
londonprintstudio
londonprintstudio is an educational charity. Established in 1975, and housed in a purpose-designed facility, the studio has gained aninternational reputation for excellence in providing education and access to resources to artists and the public. londonprintstudiohouses a gallery, a traditional printmaking facility and a digital artsresource. www.londonprintstudio.org.uk
Book Arts at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UK
CFPR investigate many aspects of the book arts: from the conception and history of the artist’s book, to creative processes and output, current developments and critical assessments of the subject. Through research projects, practice, publications, partnerships and collaborations, they aim to widen critical discourse within the book arts field. www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk
Paddington Development Trust
PDT is a community-led organisation with social objectives and is actively engaged in the economic, environmental and social regeneration of the north Paddington area. www.4paddington.com
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