It is produced by Am Arts and happens every two years. This year it was held in June in one of the medieval halls at the College of St. Andrew in Chartres, France. The exhibit featured 250 works from over 100 book artists. Over 3000 people attended.Here is a 5 minute video of the exhibit taken by book artist Pascal BaudThe Book Arts are thriving!Here is a slideshow featuring a selection of exhibited worksList of exhibitors (pardon the poor translation, it is machine-made)Photos via DesbThanks to Lee Kottner for the lead
Married M’s: A Logo Questioned
The Metropolitan Market is Seattle's upscale grocery chain. Aram Saroyan is an internationally known concrete poet.In a recent blog post poet Ron Silliman claims that the logo for the Metropolitan Market "appears to be have been stolen from Aram Saroyan."I am not sure if Silliman is simply making light of the similarities or is being accusatory.Here is the logo and Saroyan's creation. Yes, they are similar but if he is indeed serious I believe it is a bit of a stretch to claim that it might be stolen. At minimum the fonts are very different. I would have to think...
The Last Library on Earth
"After the last book was sealed into a storage vacuum, the last librarians on earth were given the honorable task of guarding mankind’s most delicate treasures. Thankfully we of the future had been training our librarians in combat techniques as cataloging books became much more difficult."Cartoon and post titled In the Age of Digital Libraries by Jeremy Hitchcock at “Welcome to the Future” (WTTF.org)Click on image to enlargeThanks to Library Stuff for the lead
Thomas Pynchon in Lights. The San Jose Semaphore is Solved
Ben Rubin's San Jose Semaphore is a "multi-sensory kinetic artwork that illuminates the San Jose skyline with the transmission of a coded message""Each wheel of the Semaphore can assume four distinct positions: vertical, horizontal, and left and right-leaning diagonal; together, the four wheels have a vocabulary of 256 possible combinations. The San Jose Semaphore transmits its message at a steady rate; its four wheels turn to new positions every 7.2 seconds."The installation occupies the top floors of Adobe's headquarters in San Jose. The piece is based on the semaphore telegraphs of the 18th century.The challenge: To crack the code.It took...
The BookMan: Your Personal Bookshelf
Our friends at Any Amount of Books in London have come up with this beauty.It is designed by East Anglian artist Kazmierz Szmauz.The Bookman holds about 100 books it is 70" high by 45" wide and is made from Mahogany, although other woods can be used. Each bookcase is signed by the artist.Cost: $1700Here are the other two models that are available:Gotta love it.