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| Invite to the Private View using a Norwegian blue, Danish red and a Swedish yellow. By Ambeck Design 2014. |
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First crates appeared – 4 in all and a packet – here Norske Bøker. In all about 150 artists' books to unpack.
Photo M-SDA 2014. |
Two evenings before the opening Marianne Laimer kindly came down from Sweden to help put up the exhibition by CON-TEXT:
hem : HJEM : koti : heim : heima : angerlarsimaffik which was a great help.
And here we are – the Private View May 6th, 2014.
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Karin Nikolaus introduced the new exhibitions at the Private View May 6th. (Right to left: Marianne Laimer, Linda Newington, Liz Hempel-Jørgensen & Jane Højer-Kristensen – all of whom have an important role in the Book Arts – one way or another.)
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| Hanne Matthiesen giving the Opening Speech – introducing the "Home" exhibition. Photo M-SDA 2014. |
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| Restaurant Købmandsgården – one view from the exhibition. Photo M-SDA 2014. |
May 6th –June 13th, 2014
– by the Nordic
artists group CON-TEXT
A touring artists'
books exhibition created by 33 Nordic artists from Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands,
Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
The exhibition revolves around the concept of "HOME" - the actual
home, the accommodation, but also broadly speaking about identity, the feeling
of homeliness and recognition.
The concept of "home" coincides to some degree with the term "accommodation" but not entirely. Home
expresses a sense of belonging; it's where you belong, it's your base and your
point of existence.
Where is my home?
What or where is "home" to me? Is it the place I grew up? A given
area/location/feeling/the family home/or??? Does the home
reflect a particular nature/culture/neighbourhood? What values must be
present in order for me to feel at home. "Home" is perhaps not a
concrete house or a place, but something completely different? Perhaps it means
"home" to be present/in the moment/to be home in ones body/mind?
Norske Bøker /
Norwegian Books
– organised by B-Open
Bokkunstgruppe, Bergen
B-Open Bokkunstgruppe have organised a collection of books by artists
who live and work in Norway. Norske Bøker consists of 45 books created
by 25 artists of whom most have a connection to Bergen. This is a touring
exhibition without a theme except it shows how artists in Norway use the book
format in their art.
– by Imi Maufe
LK243 UnderSail is the response to a residency on board the Swan, a Shetland herring drifter from
1900, during the Tall Ships Races
2011. Imi Maufe sailed with the boat for 5 weeks, from Waterford, Ireland to
Halmstad, Sweden via Greenock, Scotland; Lerwick, Shetland and Stavanger,
Norway. During this time she cast into the sea 43 wooden postcards. The eight
that were found along with prints, books and other artefacts have been housed
in a bunk box. This bunk box was specially designed to fit at the end of the
bunk, the only private space that Imi had during the Voyage.
During the voyage – when
the boats arrived in harbour – Imi also collected 500 drawings or writings of
boats from the general public and crew of the participating ships. Some of
which are displayed as concertina books and more can be found in the bunk box.
Part two of this
residency was four weeks based on at Taigh Chearsabhagh Arts Centre, North Uist
and Shetland Arts Development Trust in Lerwick finalising work.
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| LK243 UnderSail by Imi Maufe. Photo M-SDA 2014. |
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| LK243 UnderSail by Imi Maufe. Photo M-SDA 2014. |
May 6th-June 22nd, 2014
Bonus exhibition in the Reading Corner
Ulvetider/Wolf at the
door
– by Deense Dames
Kollektief, the Netherlands (The Danish Ladies Artists Collective).
New
pieces created for the Doverodde International Book Arts Festival V & Symposium – 2014
Open Call: Ulvetider/Wolf at the door. Sadly the event had to be cancelled due to unsuccessful funding applications.
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| The Reading Corner. Photo M-SDA 2014. |
June 15th-June 22nd, 2014
The Collection of
Doverodde Book Arts Center
Our own collection of
book arts purchased and from donations from 2009-2013 will be on display.
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| Exhibition flyer/poster using a Danish red, Norwegian blue and a Swedish yellow. By Ambeck Design 2014. |
More images can be seen on: www.flickr.com/photos/doveroddebookarts/sets/
A review of the exhibition by Linda Newington can be read in the June-July 2014 Newsletter from Centre for Fine Print Research at University of the West of England, Bristol.
