A couple of resources
http://www.ubu.com/
http://www.greylodge.org/
Ubu in particular is a great resource for rare artists’ videos or sound pieces. You may want to reflect on the audience for this database. Who would use it, why and because of its existence, do you think artists could use it as a distribution network?
The Artists’ Book Fair over the weekend was very busy. If art audience interests are measured by attendance the book fair must be well up on the graph. The fact that you can buy art in a very accessible package, which is also available at reasonable prices is a clear attraction.
The fact that so many artists’ works can be seen in one venue at the same time is also very attractive. There is a chance you will find at least one thing of interest. Having the artists there in person is also a bonus, not just for the audience but for exhibitors too, as I’m sure one of the reasons for exhibiting is that there are wonderful networking opportunities. There are a lot of opportunities for those of you interested in book art. For instance the latest call is for the European International Book Art Biennale. See http://www.eibab.blogspot.com/ for details.
I think of the book format as an opportunity to develop a miniature, pocket sized art gallery. There are some of my books in the college’s collection down in Vernon Street, (see images above of a couple of sample pages) the college collection has books from several well known artists as well as past students. Well worth a browse.
http://www.ubu.com/
http://www.greylodge.org/
Ubu in particular is a great resource for rare artists’ videos or sound pieces. You may want to reflect on the audience for this database. Who would use it, why and because of its existence, do you think artists could use it as a distribution network?
The Artists’ Book Fair over the weekend was very busy. If art audience interests are measured by attendance the book fair must be well up on the graph. The fact that you can buy art in a very accessible package, which is also available at reasonable prices is a clear attraction.
The fact that so many artists’ works can be seen in one venue at the same time is also very attractive. There is a chance you will find at least one thing of interest. Having the artists there in person is also a bonus, not just for the audience but for exhibitors too, as I’m sure one of the reasons for exhibiting is that there are wonderful networking opportunities. There are a lot of opportunities for those of you interested in book art. For instance the latest call is for the European International Book Art Biennale. See http://www.eibab.blogspot.com/ for details.
I think of the book format as an opportunity to develop a miniature, pocket sized art gallery. There are some of my books in the college’s collection down in Vernon Street, (see images above of a couple of sample pages) the college collection has books from several well known artists as well as past students. Well worth a browse.
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