based upon an image by Bernhard Cella
Walker Cultural Leader Series workshop:
Medium/Media: All media that can be captured on paper. A book making workshop with Bernhard Cella.
The objective of this workshop is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the medium “book” as a production process, and for individual participants to produce their own small publication or part of a larger one. This workshop focuses on the current status of the printed (analogue) book and associated questions. Participants will design and develop their own publications, from the initial idea through to the finished product.
During recent years the development of desktop publishing and digital printing has promoted a significant resurgence of micro editions of artistic publication projects. In contrast to industrial manufacture, micro editions facilitate a high degree of interaction between production and conception so that technical processes may influence decisions on content.
Referring to current examples and historical models, we will analyze various approaches and forms of production for our project. These include analyzing pictorial language, formats and varieties of paper, text production, typography and typesetting techniques. In small groups, we will discuss concepts and prepare mock-ups for various book projects – prototypes that allow a different way of thinking about the space that is a book.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Niagara Arts Centre, 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON L2R 3N2
Limited spaces available. Sign up by contacting Catherine Parayre – email: cparayre@brocku.ca
For more info, visit: experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/65852
About the artist:
A visual artist working in Vienna, Austria, Bernhard Cella is the founder of Salon für Kunstbuch, installed in the 21. Haus / Belvedere, and of the no-isbn project. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and at the University of Fine Art Hamburg. A book maker, Cella published an expanded edition of his No ISBN. On Self-Publishing in 2017.
The Walker Cultural Leader series brings leading artists, performers, practitioners and academics to the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts at Brock University. Engaging, lively and erudite, these sessions celebrate professional achievement, artistic endeavour and the indelible role of culture in our society. Please join us.
This education program is generously founded by Marilyn I. Walker.
Listen to Professor Catherine Parayre interview Bernhard Cella.
