Installations

Monday 14 October 2013

Manchester Artists Book Fair, 18th + 19th October 2013, Manchester School of Art

'Dantzic is falling down', Etching and chine colle on Fabriano

PAPER will be showing some of my artists books this coming weekend at The Manchester Artists Book Fair .

This year's fair will be held on Friday 18th (2pm-6pm) and Saturday 19th (11am-5pm) October 2013 and once again it will be in the Manchester School of Art's Holden Gallery.  There will be 40+ tables manned by suppliers, art publishers, illustrators and book artists, and filled with a tremendous range of all things book arts - risographed, screenprinted, relief printed, etched soft- and hard-backed books; zines and pamphlets; tiny letterpressed delights; posters printed using woodcuts; irresistible decorative papers and practical bone folders, needles, thread; beautifully folded and manipulated book sculptures, and much much more.  Every year there are old and new faces behind the stands, and while many visitors return time after time, there are always newcomers delighted to discover the exciting, fascinating and above all varied world of book arts. 

Admission for visitors to the fair is free.  


The fair is held at Manchester Metropolitan University's Holden Gallery, which is on their All Saints campus:

Holden Gallery
Cavendish Street
off Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6BR

These are MMU's own very helpful travel instructions.

They are equally useful on local parking within walking distance. 

with: Rogue Project Space, 18th October - 20th October 2013


with: presents the outcomes of three collaborations between artists that arose from discussions during a series of crit sessions, held at Rogue Project Space, in 2011-2012.  During the sessions one or more of the artists presented an aspect of their practice to the group and conversation developed.  The name of the crit sessions ‘Community of Practice’, referred to the book by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991) that describes how a group of individuals with common interests can develop professionally by sharing experiences through storytelling and regular interaction.

From these discussions, common interests and relationships developed organically, and these led to collaborations. Annie Harrison and Jenny Steele discovered similar concerns in mapping of place and history in relation to architecture. Julie Del Hopital and Nicola Dale exchanged ideas about the idiosyncrasies of knowledge and language. Jacqueline Wylie and Sarah Sanders considered a dialogue built through drawing, and enforced physical distance.

with: will show the results from the three collaborations-

Sanders and Wylie’s Skype based conversations on art and learning inspired a series of exercises performed by the artists on and off-line, exploring how communication is mediated by technology.

Annie Harrison and Jenny Steele’s film investigates the canal basin which their studio spaces overlook, using methods which sometimes clash awkwardly and sometimes merge.

Del Hopital and Dale's collaboration "Stalker" simultaneously presents analogue and digital footage of the day the artists let objects with very personal meanings sink or sail away on the River Mersey.

The artists have invited writer and curator Lauren Velvick to reflect on the collaborations within a text available to the public at the event.

with:
PV Friday 18th October 2013 6-9pm
Open Saturday 19th October + Sunday 20th October 2013 1-4pm
Open Crit: Saturday 19th October 2013 3-4pm  ALL WELCOME

Rogue Project Space
66-72 Chapeltown Street, Piccadilly
Manchester, M1 2WH

For further information:
Rogue Artist Studios and Project Space http://www.rogueartistsstudios.co.uk/
Community of Practice http://communityofpracticeman.tumblr.com/