BiblioTech is a juried exhibition which illuminates the College Book Art Association’s conference theme, “Time, Sequence and Technology." Members were invited to submit pieces which demonstrate the broad range of technologies employed in making artists’ books. The results include innovative works that create a bridge between traditional volumes and digital books. Some emphasize the tangibility of the printed volume by featuring hand-printed text, while others emphasize the technological by using laser cutting and digital software. “This exhibition demonstrates that a book remains a celebrated object” explained Macy Chadwick, Conference Co-Chair.
Rondo by Robbin Ami Silverberg is a collection of images of typewriting on translucent handmade papers and includes audio of a musical performance using paper as the instrument.
A History of Light by Daniel Mellis “explores the inaccessibility of the past through an examination of the negative space of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago."
The 0’s and 1’s of digital data by Leia Reedijk is housed in a box resembling a motherboard and explores where information goes when it is "liberated from the page."
Related Programs:
The opening reception will include a spoken word performance of the book “Lexicology” by artists Tricia Treacy and Ashley John Pigford on January 5th, 5:30pm-7:30pm in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th Floor of the Main Library. View video documentation of their performance at St. Marks Bookshop as part of Conflux Festival in NYC on Oct.9, 2010.
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| Photo of Macy Chadwick by Sibila Savage |
There will be a Gallery Walkthrough with Macy Chadwick of In Cahoots Press, and several other book artists who will discuss their work on Saturday, January 28th at 2pm in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th Floor of the Main Library.
The final exhibition-related program is a panel discussion entitled Technology in Book Arts, with Steve Woodall, Director of the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago, and other prestigious book artists on Saturday, February 18th at 2pm in the Koret Auditorium on the Lower Level of the Main Library.
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Inge Bruggeman, theinfinitebetweenus |
A Sampling of Other Pieces:
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Rebecca Childers, Absolute Whiteness |
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Leilei Guo, Nest-Soho |
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Sun Young Kang, Memories Unfolded |
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| Kitty Maryatt with her students at Scripps College Press: Cat Dennis, Jeffrey Kang, Emily Friedman, Pilar Schmidt, Emily Chang, Catherine Parker Sweatt, Alexis Chuck, Deluge |
This exhibition is being held in conjunction with the third biennial conference of the College Book Art Association. The conference is being hosted by Mills College and a consortium of Bay Area educators. It will cover a broad range of conceptual and practical concerns in contemporary bookmaking and will feature numerous events, lectures, demonstrations, discussions and tours of Bay Area venues.
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