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Die die Die Die verdammte gesamte Scheisse. Artist's books at White Trash Contemporary

Die die Die Die verdammte gesamte Scheisse: Artist's books White Trash Contemporary Neue Burg 2 D-20457 Hamburg Phone: +49.40.36099935 Contact: Nils Grossien infowtc@mac.com www.whitetrashcontemporary.com Exhibition: 27.11.2009 - 30.01.2010 Wednesday - Friday 1pm-7pm Saturday 12am-4pm

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Added by Nils Grossien on December 11, 2009 at 1:49am — 1 Comment

Deadline for Rare Book Summer School applications

Applications are due on Friday 11 December for the 5th Australian and New Zealand Rare Books Summer School which is being held at the State Library of Victoria in February. Info about the courses available this year can be found he… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on November 27, 2009 at 5:20pm — No Comments

No more blog updates

Due to the recent changes at Ning, we no longer will be posting blog updates. FREE access via email or RSS subscription remains via our website, http://www.privatelibrary.typepad.com , and you now also can subscribe to our daily posts via your Kindle by clicking on http://tinyurl.com/ygbt7cw Continue

Added by L. D. Mitchell on November 18, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Catalogue essay for new Glen Skien show

The catalogue of Glen Skien's new exhibition has a fabulous essay by Louise Ma… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on November 17, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Writing contest RAIN STORIES – win cash with your story

Summer is about to end? Autumn is knocking at the door? Take advantage of the unpleasant rainy weather and enter the latest BookRix Short Story Writing Contest for free: Tell your rain story and turn your wordsmith powers into positive cashflow and fame. Key Facts: - Write a story that has anything to do with rain, or Mr. Rain, or a dog named Rain, whatever. - Authors can win up to $1000 - Readers have the chance to win a Amazon voucher - No entry fee required – It’s free! Visit the… Continue

Added by Lisa on September 16, 2009 at 2:27am — No Comments

Message from: 5th International Artists' Book Triennial in Denmark

I received this message and an invitation to the opening of the 5th International Artists' Book Trienial at the Art Centre Silkeborg Bad in Denmark on 12 September 2009 at 11.00am. The opening program includes an introduction by Mr Kestutis Vasiliunas (Lithuanian exhibition organiser), a speech by visual artist Steen Rasmussen, a performance by Soren Trolle Bagger on clarinet and 131 artists' books on display. Unfortunately I am unable to… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on August 31, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Palm Reader at Hand Held

'Palm Reader',Hand Held's 1st Birthday Exhibition is in it's last week so if you get a chance, come on in to the gallery and take a look at this lovely book and object based exhibition which asked artists- object and book makers- to interpret the term Palm Reader. The respons… Continue

Added by Megan Herring on August 24, 2009 at 4:24pm — No Comments

Final Call! Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides - Round Four - Summer 2009

Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides - Round Four - Summer 2009 To protest & commemorate the bombing of al-Mutanabbi Street, the centre of bookselling in Baghdad, on March 5th 2007, the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition* has been organising readings and other events since April 2007 as fundraisers for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The broadside image here is by Darren De La Pena

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Added by Sarah Bodman on August 4, 2009 at 3:53am — No Comments

Libris Awards

Libris Awards The Libris Awards are Australia's premier national artists' book prize. An initiative of the Mackay Regional Council through Artspace Mackay, these biennial awards seek to develop awareness of the Council's significant collection of artists' books, and to develop the colle… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on July 24, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Book Artists' Book Club

I've already put my head above the parapet with this one on my blog (see blog posts here) so the idea's out in public but I hadn't thought to put it up here until now. If you're interested in participating, read on and get in touch with me... I'm putting together a group of people who make artists books and/or book objects with a view to creating a sort of book club for book artists. A piece of writing (novel, prose, poetry, plays, songs..… Continue

Added by Sara Bowen on July 20, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Sturt Winter School

I've just spent a chilly week at the Sturt Winter School in Mittagong, NSW, Australia, kneeling at the feet of Caren Florance (well not literally - that really would have been cold!) on her excellent 'Beautiful Books and Boxes' course. It's been a fun week and I came away with about a dozen books ranging from Asian stab bindings (which I've done before) to a caterpillar binding. The benefits of going on a course are many if, as was the case here, your tutor is knowledgeable, engaging and flexibl… Continue

Added by Sara Bowen on July 19, 2009 at 9:16pm — No Comments

Axioms/Idioms at Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne

Join Hand Held Gallery and artists Melanie Wolfe and Lenni Morkel-Kingsbury for the opening of Axioms/Idioms July 2nd 6-8pm. Exhibition Continues until August 1st, Mon-Sat 12-5pm.

Axioms/Idioms: a mapping of language/culture; history/memory; emotion/truth... Arti… Continue

Added by Megan Herring on June 29, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Walking Books by Stan Shellaberger

I have just stumbled upon this relly interesting work by Stan Shellaberger, "Walking Books". Check out the blurb on www.westernexhibitions.com in past exhibitions section. Bringing The Body, The Everyday and Books together! Fascinating. Continue

Added by tamsin littlebird loveday on June 12, 2009 at 12:58am — No Comments

Congratulations to Tina Hill for The 2009 Agassi Book Arts Prize

The 2009 Agassi Book Arts Prize The 2009 prize has been awarded by The Centre for Fine Print Research to the MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking student Tina Hill for her installation Excavating Babel. The piece will be shown at UWE Bristol - School of Creative Arts Degree Show 2009, Saturday 20th - Thursday 25th June, before touring to other UK venues. Excavating Babel is a large sculpture/installation composed of over 2,000 books rescued from the pulpers and the floor of… Continue

Added by Sarah Bodman on May 28, 2009 at 8:14pm — No Comments

Books to Hold or Let Go

Opening Thursday 14 May at Craft ACT, Canberra, and running to 20 June:

An exhibition of fine bookbinding in response to the Ampersand Duck volume Poems to Hold or Let Go (Rosemary Dobson and Rosalind Atkins, 2008). There are 23 binders, including Mia Leijonstedt, Sue Anderson, Genevieve Swifte, Molly Coy, Joy Tonkin, Wayne Stock, Lorraine Brown, Wendy Taylor, Linda Ne… Continue

Added by Caren Florance on May 14, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Books Crossing

Late on Friday afternoon I headed down to Geelong to attend the opening of the new Books Crossing exhibition at the Geelong Galler… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on May 11, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Tender Things

Just a reminder that Paul Compton's Tender Things exhibition is currently running at Hand Held. Tender Things playfully explores themes of the outsider, animism, nostalgia and the fragility of human life in a collection of handmade books, objects and drawings.The exhibition runs until May 26th. Gallery times are Mon-Sat 12-5pm. '

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Added by Megan Herring on May 4, 2009 at 6:31pm — 1 Comment

New Issue - Bonefolder - now online

Bonefolder Vol. 5, No.2 Spring 2009 is now available online here. The Bonefolder, an outgrowth of the Book Arts Web, is a peer-reviewed “open-access” e-journal for bookbinding and the book arts. Since fall of 2004, Th… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on April 23, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Artisan Books - 5th Annual Artists' Books exhibition

From the 15th of August until the 5th of September Artisan Books (Gertrude Street, Melbourne) will be holding their 5th Annual Artist Books Exhibition. The theme for this year will be ‘Between the Lines.’ With the Artist Book Exhibition Artisan Books seek to explore the boundaries of how a book is defined, focusing on the book as a sculptural form. The last 3 years entries may be viewed on their website. If anyone… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on April 6, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Journal of Artists' Books 25 - now available

JAB - The Journal of Artists' Books - - JAB25 is now available! JAB25 is a special topic issue, guest edited by Tony White, Head of the Art Library Indiana University, which concentrates on high-speed rotary offset printin… Continue

Added by Robert Heather on April 3, 2009 at 4:39pm — No Comments