Under the direction of Pascal Krajewski and Aurélie Pignon
Like the work of Art, the book is a protean object. Behind its a priori standardized form of the codex (from which it sometimes frees itself), it also contains a multiplicity of contents. Like the work of art, it is both a material artifact and an ideal content. Like her, he is the source of an aesthetic experience. However, their modes of existence diverge and sometimes oppose each other. Their function differs: where the materiality of the work prevails for its appreciation, that of the book tends to fade away to become only a support. It is first of all an object of use, a vector intended to register, transmit, keep a trace, and document; when it wants to be an object of appreciation, shining through its uniqueness and authenticity. Read more…
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Summary
Aurélie Pignon The book as an art device [Texte intégral]
Pascal Krajewski Art versus the book [Texte intégral]
Martine Créac’h Silent Books [Texte intégral]. Around Hercules Seghers: Pierre Lecuire, Nicolas de Staël and André du Bouchet, Silent books. About Hercules Seghers : Pierre Lecuire, Nicolas de Staël and André du Bouchet. Silebt Books
Serge Chamchinov and Anna Samson About the “Artist’s Book Manifesto” [Texte intégral]. Contribution to the analysis of its elements and its genesis
Survey [Texte intégral] Statements on artists' books by fifty artists and art professionals related to this medium
Chiara RubessiBruno Munari, the polysensoriality of books for young people [Texte intégral]
Aurélie Pignon Between the art book and the artist's book: some hybrid catalogs [Texte intégral]
Ligia Souza The page scene [Texte intégral]. Some theatrical editions as portable theater
Corentin Lahouste, David Martens and René Audet Bookish devices and fictional diffractions in the multimodal project Character by Paul Heintz [Texte intégral] Bookish devices and fictional diffractions in Paul Heintz’s multimodal work Character
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