Yeah, I forgot to say, there's a site based in Australia that might be of
use, as it has a lot of links:
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/internet/pathfind/artistsbks.htm
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ian davidson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Seeking information
Not been following this closely so someone may have said this but Johanna
Drucker's Figuring the Word and The Century of Artist's Books are useful as
well.
Ian
>From: Elizabeth James <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Elizabeth James <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Seeking information
>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:36:56 -0000
>
>'Artists' books' is an approach, and it's quite a big subject. See e.g.
>Stephen Bury, 'Artists' Books : the Book as a Work of Art, 1963-1995'
>(Scolar Press, 1995); ReneŽe Riese Hubert & Judd D. Hubert, 'The Cutting
>Edge of Reading : Artists' Books' / (NY: Granary Books, 1999). A
>practical and theoretical approach that would give ideas, e.g. talks
>about the prosody of the book as a form, is Keith Smith, 'The Structure
>of the Visual Book' (several editions). Silvie Turner, ed., 'Facing the
>Page : British Artists' Books: a Survey 1983-1993 (London: Estamp,
>1993) includes a directory of library collections in the UK where you
>can see them. The bookartbookshop, Pitfield St., London is also place to
>see, & buy them
>http://www.bookartbookshop.com/
>
>The 6th Contemporary Artists' Book Fair is to be held Saturday 15 March
>2003, 11 am to 6pm, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax, Yorkshire HX1 5AX
>
>e
>
> >Anyway, what I am looking for are various and innovative ways of
>presenting texts. That is, does anyone know of such a source? I'd really
>appreciate that.
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