Lots of familiar faces from
Glasgow International Artists Bookfair are participating in Artists' BookMarket at The Fruitmarket Gallery this Saturday.
The Fruitmarket Gallery is excited to introduce the third Artists’
BookMarket, this April. The Gallery will transform into a marketplace
where you will find unique artists’ books and publications for sale,
come face to face with the artists who make them and join in book-making
workshops. Stallholders are travelling to the Gallery from far and
wide. You’ll find work to interest you from the likes of Switzerland,
Canada, London and of course a bit closer to home too.
Free talks, readings and workshops from the stars of artists’ publishing
run throughout the day. Sign up in advance for Isabell Buenz’s 11.30am
workshop on altered books, come along with a disused paper or hardback
book and have fun learning how to fold, cut, tear and transform it into a
piece of sculptural art.
Don’t miss the special offer where you will find Fruitmarket Gallery
titles at wholesale prices and there’s rare chance to see the Gallery’s
full range of limited edition artworks hung for sale. The Fruitmarket
Gallery Café will be open throughout serving freshly prepared lunches
and cakes to provide sustenance in between browsing outstanding
bookworks.
Participants include: Aglu • Artist Book Collective • The Artists Book
Group • Book Works • The Caseroom Press • Commingle Press • David
Faithfull • ECA Illustration • Electric Bookshop • Essence Press •
Fillip Magazine • Hestan Isle Press • Isabell Buenz • James Sharp • Jane
Hyslop • Jennifer Pettigrew • Jenny Smith • Kieran Dodds • Laini
Christmas • Made by Lara • morning star • Moschatel Press • Natalie
McIlroy • Owl and Lion • Pushpin Zines • sine wave peak • Stichill
Marigold Press • Tessa Ransford • Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen • Wil
Freeborn.
Please find below the programme of free talks, events and
workshops happening throughout the day:
11.30 –
Isabell Buenz
Paper artist Isabell Buenz leads a workshop on ‘altered books’. Come
along with a disused paper or hardback book and have fun learning how to
fold, cut, tear and transform it into a piece of sculptural art.
Isabell has lived in Scotland for over 20 years. After teaching
photography and expressive arts in Germany and Scotland, she has
concentrated on exploring paper for her own artwork. This versatile
material is the perfect medium for Isabell’s unique artists’ books,
paper sculptures, installations, and her collections of whimsical paper
shoes. Over the last few years the artist has investigated altered
books, finding it very satisfying to create new treasures from otherwise
discarded books.
Book for this free workshop by calling The Fruitmarket Gallery bookshop
on 0131 226 8181.
11.45 –
Natalie McIlroy
Installation and video artist, Natalie McIlroy, will discuss her recent
series of artist booklets titled Archivo Ahora created whilst on
residency in Belalcazer, Spain last year. Combining performance,
photographic archive material and sculptural elements, the books
investigate both the passage and stillness of time. The limited edition
of the booklets paired with handmade Spanish leather envelopes will be
on sale throughout the day.
12.30pm –
Ken Cockburn
Ken Cockburn will read from Snapdragon part of a new series of poetry
books from The Caseroom Press called Caseroom Translations. This is the
first in a projected series of bilingual publications featuring a
selection of the best contemporary poetry from Europe and beyond.
Snapdragon features the work of the German poet Arne Rautenberg and
features design and illustrations for the covers and end-papers by
Jantze Tullett.
1.30 –
Tessa Ransford
Tessa will be reading from her publication Don't Mention This to Anyone:
Poems and Prose Fragments of a Life in the Punjab. Inspired by the
rediscovery of an Urdu phrasebook, Ransford takes the reader on a
journey to explore the differences between ‘then’ and ‘now’, linking the
reader to a world now lost to most. These poems question what it is to
be both British and Indian, drawing on the author’s memories and
experiences to celebrate and uncover an ‘Indian’ self. This collection
of poems reveals the influences that have been formative over four
decades of Tessa Ransford’s writings.
2.15 –
Artist Book Collective
The presentation will be a short history of Artist Book Collective and
the use of social media to create exhibition opportunities and build
relationships between artists.
2.45pm
Owl & Lion
Owl and Lion will be running a workshop to make a delightful star book
with cut out designs.
Owl & Lion is an artistic endeavour led by Master Bookbinder
Isabelle Ting. Bringing together fine binding, hand printing, letter
press and teaching, the Owl & Lion has an imaginative identity and
skilled craftsmanship that stands apart from factory made goods on the
high street.
3.00 –
Jenny Smith
Jenny Smith will talk about her new artist book “What is the best advice
you have been given?” and the project that inspired it. She will also
discuss some of her favourite laser cut artist books, by other
contemporary artists.
3.45 –
Electric Bookshop
Electric Bookshop brings together people with a common interest in
technology, literature, design and publishing to meet and talk about the
brave new world of books in the digital age. They'll be telling us what
Electric Bookshop is all about, and discussing their Alt-W funded
project Pressed For Time, a publishing time-machine, which will provide
unexpected and immersive experiences for intrepid book readers.'
4.30 –
Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen
Artists Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen have collaborated since 1997
after meeting as participants in the biennial Manifesta1. Their diverse
combined practice encompasses publishing, often utilising their own
occasional ‘Ed and Ellis Productions’ imprint. The request to talk about
the place of publishing within their practice at Artists’ BookMarket
prompted them to devise the new publication 'Published Matter: A Talk in
24 Cards’. This publication will be launched at the Artists’ BookMarket
for the special price of £19.97.
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