Sense of Place in Artist Books - Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive

Creators:	KIVLAND, Sharon
Abstract:	Within this international exhibition of artist books, a sense of place is represented in almost limitless ways. The books may be specific to a personal time, a world created, a place of advocacy, a space to heal trauma, or the documentation of journeys. Artists books offer strikingly unique environments for exploring ideas as well as means for communicating beyond those of the traditional book. Of the conceptual books increasingly prevalent in the field of artists books, many stretch the definition of what makes a book. Our minds are pushed to make acrobatic stretches as we struggle to interpret what we see -- Is that a book? How far can I go? And as the edges of our understanding are pulled, a viewer is won or lost in new ideas.
Contributors:	Curator of an exhibition - Kinoshita, Karen
Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre
Date:	October 2012
Related URLs:	Organisation
Event Location:	University of Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA
ID Code:	6555
Deposited By:	Sharon Kivland
Deposited On:	13 Dec 2012 14:12
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 08:30

Creators:

Abstract:

Within this international exhibition of artist books, a sense of place is represented in almost limitless ways. The books may be specific to a personal time, a world created, a place of advocacy, a space to heal trauma, or the documentation of journeys. Artists books offer strikingly unique environments for exploring ideas as well as means for communicating beyond those of the traditional book. Of the conceptual books increasingly prevalent in the field of artists books, many stretch the definition of what makes a book. Our minds are pushed to make acrobatic stretches as we struggle to interpret what we see -- Is that a book? How far can I go? And as the edges of our understanding are pulled, a viewer is won or lost in new ideas.

Contributors:

Curator of an exhibition - Kinoshita, Karen

Item Type:

Show/Exhibition

Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:

Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre

Date:

October 2012

Related URLs:

Organisation

Event Location:

University of Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA

ID Code:

6555

Deposited By:

Sharon Kivland

Deposited On:

13 Dec 2012 14:12

Last Modified:

18 Mar 2021 08:30