Pacific Hall, CO-EX, Seoul
3 - 8th June 2005
The 1st Seoul International Artist’s Book Fair took place in June 2004, and due to growing interest it will now become an annual event, with the second one held this June 2005 in the Pacific Hall, CO-EX, Seoul.
There is a growing interest in book arts in the Republic of Korea, and the Artist’s Book Fair is part of an international book and publishers fair (similar to Frankfurt), which runs concurrently. There are many independent and university affiliated book artists in Seoul. Alongside Korean artist’s book makers there were also participants from Japan, China, U.S.A, England, Ireland, Germany and Russia.
A catalogue was also published by the organiser Nae Rae Kim’s Bookpress to accompany the event. Alongside the book fair, a competition exhibition showed books by artists from around the world. Keith Smith and Scott McCarney both gave lectures on their work as part of the programme, which also included workshops and demonstrations.
Impact Press attended as the last venue of our AHRC supported survey into creating and marketing artists’ books, the survey will be published on this website as a free download later this summer. We also exhibited works by staff, students and alumni of UWE Bristol, including: Melanie Ward, Tom Sowden, Eilis Kirby, Sarah Pitt/ Ruth Barnes, Sarah Bodman, Ian Chamberlain, Carinna Parraman and two of the competition award winning books: Illiers Combray by Helen Douglas and Zoë Irvine, and Viola by Sarah Bodman.
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