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Welcome and a Word About This Blog
Hello and Welcome. Why This Blog? As you may have seen from my About page, I am an artist with a particular interest in books—making books, reading books, thinking about books, thinking about what I...
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Undefining the Book Art Field
The word-of-the-day is movement. Not a ground-shattering word, but one the book art field might benefit from employing more liberally. I’ve recently returned from a stimulating four days at the New...
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William Kentridge – Everyone Their Own Projector
I bought a book at the New York Art Book Fair. Well, truth be told, I bought several books, but I’m going to start with this one, William Kentridge’s Everyone Their Own Projector. (I’ll cover some of...
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Bruno Munari and Photo-Reportage
Have you read Bruno Munari’s Photo-Reportage? I discovered this book awhile ago quite by chance. Sometime when traveling, somewhere on a bookstore table, I’m not even sure what made me pick it up....
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New issue of Mimeo Mimeo released
Just a quick note to alert readers that Kyle Schlesinger has announced the second issue of his journal Mimeo Mimeo. To quote Kyle: “Mimeo Mimeo is a forum for critical and cultural perspectives on...
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Notes on the CBAA Conference 2009
I’m finally recording some notes (some short, some long) from sessions I attended at Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place, the first-ever College Book Art Association conference....
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CBAA Notes, pt. 2
In which is reported more from the CBAA conference including new scholars studying book art, established faculty teaching book art, the use of point of view in artists books, and some odds and ends...
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Figuring Absence (CBAA Notes, pt.3)
I’ve had several people ask me for a transcript of my talk from CBAA so for the final installment of my conference notes, I offer a (somewhat amended) transcription of my talk Figuring Absence, Using...
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Figuring Absence, pt 2: Sophie Calle’s Exquisite Pain
We left off the last post with the idea that belonging is a core part of our experiences of absence. Following is the continuation of the transcription of my CBAA presentation, Figuring Absence....
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Figuring Absence, pt 3: Ken Campbell’s Ten Years in Uzbekistan
In the last post we explored a book which centered around the personal experience of absence. Following is the continuation of the transcription of my CBAA presentation, Figuring Absence, in which I...
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Figuring Absence, pt 4: Long & Freeman’s Chicago Stock Yards Book
We left off our discussion of absence with Stalin’s revisionist approach to history and the question of whether or not he succeeded in erasing the past through willful obliteration. by Brad Freeman and...
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On Judging the Pyramid Atlantic Critic’s Award
Anatomy of Insanity by Maureen Cummins Last November I had the honor of judging the JAB-sponsored Critic’s Award for the Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair. Artists’ books take such a wide variety of...
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History of Color
Chevreul's Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors I’ve been home sick with a cold and in my fevered state have come up with my dream class to teach to book art students. The subject would be...
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The Allure of Postal Mail
[Note: If you are looking for the blog post that is a companion to my Spring 2009 Journal of Artists' Books article on the Pyramid Atlantic Critic's awards, you can read it here.] Mail from last week I...
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Report from the Hybrid Book Fair
I’ve just finished my first day at the Hybrid Book Conference and Book Fair (hosted by the University of the Arts in Philadelphia) and so far it has been filled with interesting panels/presentations...
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More from the Hybrid Book Fair
Well my email inbox tells me that readers are clamoring for more about the Hybrid Book Fair. Sorry for the delay – I got back from the conference and promptly flew away again. But now I’m back and...
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Even More Books from the Hybrid Book Fair
A continuation of my last post, this one will conclude my discussion of interesting books I saw at the Hybrid Book Fair. Second Encyclopaedia of Tlön Atlas volume from the Second Encyclopaedia of...
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Second Encyclopedia of Tlön
One of my knowledgeable readers (Jack Ginsburg) has alerted me to the fact that Joshua Heller has a wonderful interactive web site about the Second Encyclopedia of Tlön (see my last post). It comes up...
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