April 2011 Blog Posts (10)

The new issue of The Blue Notebook is now out if you  subscribe now to Volume 5, you will receive Vol 5 No 1 now, and Vol 5 No 2 straight away!…

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IN THE NEWS:

 

Mr Brian Curran: For giving a talk at Huddersfield Ladies Lifeboat Luncheon Club.

 

Members of the Foresters Pennine Way…

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The 2011 Foxcroft Lecture by Richard Ovenden on the Book Arts in the 21st Century research library can now be downloaded from the website of the State Library of Victoria at http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/3557

 

Summary:

In the age of the iPad and Kindle, the future of the printed book is under threat.

Distinguished librarian Richard Ovenden of Oxford's Bodleian library examines the relevance of…

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Recently on my own blog I've been discussing the issue of resonance as the emotional glue which hold the pieces of an artists book together -- in my case the visual and textual. My latest post http://ocotilloarts.com/blog/?p=658 puts the problem in a context of personal imagery evoked by music. I invite you to explore the blog for articles on this topic over the last several months. The big problem is that resonance is personal, and so there is… Continue

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CENTRAL BOOKING MAGAZINE, in concert with its parent art space CENTRAL BOOKING, aims to mediate the zeitgeist of the book arts panorama, as articulated within a broader realm of artistic theory and practice. Each issue contains an…

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Read the article here:

 

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-university-takes-a-leaf-out-of-a-very-old-book-20110408-1d7t5.html

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Issue 4, Men of the Book, is out now!  Subscribe at www.australianbookartsjournal.com.  Also calling for entries for the Bound and Bagged project - receive a kit of a book in a bag, or the Matchbox Zine project - receive a super kit in a handy size matchbox!!  With these two projects, be part of an Online exhibition and have the chance to have an article of your work featured in the December… Continue

Congratulations to the following artists.

 

The inaugural Manly Library Artist’s Book Award winners are:

• Deidre Brollo (New South Wales) for her work ‘Untitled’ – Employing archival pigment prints, the work uses specific historical events and their aftermath to examine relationships of people to place. Prize $700.
• Angela Cavalieri (Victoria ) for ‘Certe Cosse non si dicono’ - Concertina…

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