Re:
An
exhibition of experimental books based on any word
beginning
with re...
Monday
12th – Thursday 29th May 2008
The Gallery, The
University of Northampton, Avenue Campus,
St. George's Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD, UK.
Selected
work from the exhibition travelled to:
Artworks
MK, Milton Keynes 14th July–14th August
Herefordshire
College of Art – Summer 2008
University of Portsmouth 3rd-14th November 2008
Curated
by 'we love your books' -
Melanie Bush & Emma Powell
A (is for add)
B (is for book)
C (is for collaborate)
An exhibition of
experimental artists' books & cubes
The exhibition consisted of a mass collaborative component
of creative cubes alongside individually submitted
experimental artists' books.
14th
- 31st May 2007
at The Gallery, The University of Northampton, Avenue
Campus, St.George's Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD, UK.
Curated
by 'we love your books' -
Melanie Bush, Louise Bird & Emma
Powell
Full
Circle / Random Journey
An
exhibition of altered books & experimental artists'
books
Monday
8th
May –
Thursday 18th May 2006
at The Gallery, The University of Northampton, Avenue
Campus,
St. George's Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD, UK.
Curated
by
Emma Powell, Melanie Bush
& Louise Bird (McDonald)
Over 150
books were submitted for this exhibition.
They varied tremendously in scale and use of media and all
engaged the viewer in a personal way. The feedback from the
exhibition was really great and it has obviously inspired
and interested many people.
Some staff from the UK Society of Bookbinders came to the
private view and were impressed by the variety &
creativity on show. Their comments were:
" A really
refreshing and inspiring exhibition. Well worth the visit!"
The biggest coincidence
must have been an academic from the University of Ontario
coming to meet a Performance Arts colleague here at
Northampton, looking at the exhibition and seeing there the
work of a technician at her University. It’s a small
world!
Here are
some further quotes from the comments
book:
"Good
to see such a diverse collection of ideas presented in the
book form"
"Truly inspirational & so well put together, I wish I
had more time to... explore - I want to know the stories
behind each piece".
A catalogue has been
created as a record of the exhibition.
Thank you to all the exhibitors who agreed that their work
could be kept as part of our bookmaking archive held at The
University of Northampton.
Meeting
in the Middle
An
exhibition of altered books & experimental artists'
books
This
exhibition was held from
Monday
3rd
May –
Thursday 19th May 2005 at The Gallery,
The University of Northampton, Avenue Campus, St. George's
Avenue,
Northampton, NN2 6JD, UK.
Curated
by
Emma Powell and Melanie
Bush
Lots of really exciting books were received for this
inaugural exhibition. It was great fun opening up each
parcel as it arrived and in some instances
the packaging was displayed alongside the artist’s
book. The books in this exhibition were limited to A5 size
(15cm x 21cm) or smaller.