abbe 2017 - artists books brisbane event
the follwoing academic papers and presentations were delivered at the conference,
(a number of these were captured and can be viewed on Vimeo thanks to Aishla Manning and Paul Wright)
Ulrike Stoltz & Uta Schneider; ‹betwixt & between› (keynote presentation)
Dr Marian Macken; R eading Volume: Between Folded Drawings and Collapsible Models
Caren Florance & Angela Gardner; Unfolding to refold: collaborative wordings
Dr Paul Uhlmann; Meditations on process: Three artists books, letters to the land, sea and sky
Caren Florance; An Instrument of Collaboration: Unfolding the GIW Legacy
Monica Oppen; Eclectic items: early books by Australian artists
Ana Paula Estrada; “Memorandum”, from concept to publication
Willem De vos; Air, edge, surface image – concertina books
Nicola Hooper; The Citronella Artists Book as an Augmented Narrative
Amy E. Thompson; Folding and the potential of Artists’ Books
Dr A K Milroy & Brad Freeman; Folding and unfolding in JAB41: cultures, research, pages
Tess Mehonoshen; DISINTEGRATE: the destructive folding of materials
Dr Clyde McGill; Lines as surfaces: searching for a field guide for folding (keynote presentation)
Marian Crawford; A lively phantom: the rare and popular artists book
Carolyn Craig; Unfolding(s)
Dr Isaac Brown; Relationship risk and ethics in photographic artist books
Dr Monica Carroll & Dr Adam Dickerson; Unfolding the episteme of artists’ books
Dr Bridget Hillebrand; Handling folds: an intimate encounter
Julie Barratt & Virginia Barratt; The exquisite fold, the immanent word (performance)
Maren Götzmann; The Anarchist Notebooks
"... & So" exhibitions at Griffith Library QCA was opened by Robert Heather, Director, New England Regional Art Museum, the 6th artists' books + multiples fair was opened by Vicki McDonald, State Librarian and CEO, State Library of Queensland, the shwoing Unfolding books from Australian Library of Art artists’ book collection was presented by the State Library of QLD