An Australian / antipodean volume of JAB

Following a review of papers submitted for JAB 39 (the Australian/antipodean volume) GCCAR is pleased to confirm the following papers have been selected for publication. JAB 39 will be the spring issue of 2016 and will include a detailed report on abbe by Sarah Bodman, editor of the Blue Notebook  

Coming to Our Senses with a Modern Mythic Form: Postliteracy in Artistsbooks

by Lyn Ashby 

Fumbling Hands and Phantom Limbs: The Photograph, the Hand and the Artist’s Book

by Deidre Brollo's  

The Grafted Image 

by Victoria Cooper

The News and the Book

by Marian Crawford

Machine Translations: Poets, Poetics and the Artists Book

by Caren Florance

Report from a Border: Text and Typography in Australian Artist’s Books

by Angela Gardner and Kerry Kilner

Climbing Discourse: The Legacy of Touch

by Bridget Hillebrand

Designing with/for/through the Existing: Artists’ Books and Documentation

by Marian Macken

the haptic and the emerging critical discourse on artists books

by Tim Mosely

The Equal Standard Broadzine: Using Artworks to Expand the Audience and Language of Social and Political Critique

by Gabriella Wilson

Thankyou to all those who submitted papers, and those who reviewed and edited them for JAB.

Lyn Ashby delivering his keynote address at abbe

 artists, writers, scholars, publishers, presses that participated in abbe: Lyn Ashby Blogger_dad Sarah Bodman Sara Bowen Deidre Brollo Isaac Brown Penny Carey Wells Centre for Regional Arts Practice Helen Cole Victoria Cooper Caroline Craig Marian Crawford Daniel Della-Bosca Fiona Dempster Hesam Fetrati Caren Florance Robyn Foster Jenny Fraser Brad Freeman Angela Gardner Annique Goldenberg Noreen Grahame Alannah Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research Gunter Bridget Hillebrand Institute of Modern Art Journal of Artists Books Sheree Kinlyside Joel Lardner Cassandra Lehman-Schultz Light-trap Press Alison Mackay Judy Macklin Marian Macken Heather Matthew Clyde McGill Tess Mehonoshen Christine Mellor Anita Milroy Tim Mosely Nightladder Collective Naomi O’Reilly Adele Outteridge  QCA Gold Coast Red Rag Press Mona Ryder Rose Rigley silverwattle bookfoundry Glen Skien Peta Smith Doug Spowart Studio West End Kym Tabulo Wim de Vos Gabriella Wilson

    

    
   

abbe - critically engaging books by artists

16th - 18th July 2015

conference 16th & 17th
artists book fair 17th & 18th
books by artists: exhibition at WEBB Gallery 9th - 15th
Griffith Centre for Creative Art Research
Queensland College of Arts

keynote speakers

 Sarah Bodman

Brad Freeman

Lyn Ashby

participating artists, writers, scholars, publishers, presses: Lyn Ashby Blogger_dad Sara Bowen Deidre Brollo Isaac Brown Penny Carey Wells Centre for Regional Arts Practice Helen Cole Victoria Cooper Caroline Craig Marian Crawford Daniel Della-Bosca Fiona Dempster Hesam Fetrati Caren Florance Robyn Foster Jenny Fraser Brad Freeman Angela Gardner Annique Goldenberg Noreen Grahame Alannah Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research Gunter Bridget Hillebrand Institute of Modern Art Journal of Artists Books Sheree Kinlyside Joel Lardner Cassandra Lehman-Schultz Light-trap Press Alison Mackay Judy Macklin Marian Macken Heather Matthew Clyde McGill Tess Mehonoshen Christine Mellor Anita Milroy Tim Mosely Nightladder Collective Naomi O’Reilly Adele Outteridge Mikhail Pogarsky QCA Gold Coast Red Rag Press Mona Ryder Rose Rigley silverwattle bookfoundry Glen Skien Peta Smith Doug Spowart Studio West End Kym Tabulo Wim de Vos Gabriella Wilson

    

    
   

NB - Responding to requests and feedback about the conference program we are pleased to advise that all of the sessions will now run consecutively during the conference. This will allow all delegates to hear every talk/paper they want to hear. The revised draft program is now posted online.

presenting/participating at the conference Lyn Ashby Sarah Bodman Sara Bowen Deidre Brollo Helen Cole Victoria Cooper Marian Crawford Daniel Della-Bosca Fiona Dempster Caren Florance Jenny Fraser Brad Freeman Angela Gardner Noreen Grahame Bridget Hillebrand Joel Lardner Marian Macken Tim Mosely Adele Outteridge Mikhail Pogarsky Doug Spowart Kym Tabulo Wim de Vos Gabriella Wilson books by artists Isaac Brown Blogger_dad Penny Carey Wells Vicki Cooper Caroline Craig Fiona Dempster Hesam Fetrati Angela Gardner Annique Goldenberg Alannah Gunter Institute of Modern Art Cassandra Lehman-Schultz Alison Mackay Judy Macklin Heather Matthew Tess Mehonoshen Christine Mellor Tim Mosely night ladder collective Naomi O’Reilly Adele Outteridge Mona Ryder Rose Rigley Glen Skien Doug Spowart Wim de Vos artists book fair Lyn Ashby Sara Bowen Deidre Brollo Penny Carey-Wells Centre for Regional Arts Practice Marian Crawford Caren Florance Robyn Foster Angela Gardner Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research Heather Mathew Institute of Modern Art Journal of Artists Books Sheree Kinlyside Clyde McGill Anita Milroy Adele Outteridge QCA Gold Coast silverwattle bookfoundry  Peta Smith Wim de Vos

early bird registration closing soon

Just a reminder

the early bird registration rate ends on the 30th of June,

also all the tables at the artists book fair have been taken making for a great fair. 

tables at the artists book fair are almost booked out

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if you intend to take a table at the artists book fair you will need to act soon, only a couple of tables are left. 

exhibitors at the artists book fair include

Lyn Ashby  Sara Bowen  Deidre Brollo  Penny Carey-Wells  Victoria Cooper - Centre for Regional Arts Practice  Marian Crawford  Caren Florance   Robyn Foster  Angela Gardner - Lighttrappress   the Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research   the Institute of Modern Art  Brad Freeman - Journal of Artists Books  Sheree Kinlyside  Clyde McGill   Anita Milroy  Adele Outteridge - Studio West End   Daniel Della-Bosca - QCA Gold Coast  Sheree Kinlyside - Red Rag Press  Tim Mosely - silverwattle bookfoundry  Doug Spowart - Centre for Regional Arts Practice   Wim de Vos - Studio West End

whos participating in abbe ?

the conference  Lyn Ashby Sarah Bodman Sara Bowen Deidre Brollo Helen Cole Victoria Cooper Marian Crawford Daniel Della-Bosca Fiona Dempster Caren Florance Jenny Fraser Brad Freeman Angela Gardner Noreen Grahame Bridget Hillebrand Joel Lardner Marian Macken Tim Mosely Adele Outteridge Mikhail Pogarsky Doug Spowart Kym Tabulo Wim de Vos Gabriella Wilson books by artists Isaac Brown Fiona Dempster Angela Gardner Alannah Gunter Institute of Modern Art Cassandra Lehman-Schultz Heather Mathew Alison McKay Tess Mehonoshen Tim Mosely Naomi O’Reilly Adele Outteridge Mona Rider Rose Rigley Glen Skien Wim de Vos artists book fair Lyn Ashby Sara Bowen Penny Carey-Wells Marian Crawford Caren Florance Robyn Foster Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research Institute of Modern Art Journal of Artists Books Sheree Kinlyside Clyde McGill Anita Milroy QCA Gold Coast silverwattle bookfoundry    and more