the opening night (before it got busy!) 8 February 2012
Here are some shots of the Art/Text/Clearinghouse Project + Western Australian Photographic Book Exhibitions opening at Perth Centre for Photography’s new gallery at 100 Aberdeen Street. It was a massive night. All images courtesy of James Kerr Photography http://www.monofreophoto.com/
Anyday Now, by Mark Parfitt, Jamie Macchiusi and Gemma Weston
Anyday Now is a collaboration between artist Mark Parfitt, designer Jamie Macchiusi and writer Gemma Weston. A graphically designed A5 folder houses four small books of critical and creative writing, written in response to selected visual diary images of drawing, collage and photography. It traces Parfitt’s visual journalling of a project to turn mundane activities [...]
Annette Nykiel’s book May I tell a story? has arrived
Annette spends a lot of her time in Laverton so it was a pleasant surprise to get her work in the mail. Below is an intriguing image of the cover of May I tell a story?
Collaborators Marie Lochman and Liana Joy Christensen’s book available
Photographer Marie Lochman and writer Liana Joy Christensen’s collaborative book, Unnatural History, is now completed and ready for exhibition at the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project Exhibition. The genesis for the book actually began three years ago with a hand made Christmas card. Photographers Marie and her husband Jiri have long enjoyed a long and fruitful creative [...]
Denise Brown and Gail Robinson’s ten collaborative books ready for exhibition
Artist Denise Brown and writer Gail Robinson’s ten superbly crafted hand-made art books, Cemented by Shadows are completed and ready for exhibition at the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project exhibition. They explain that forming a bond between two artists who like to keep a firm hand on the controls when working on individual projects – one a [...]
Launch of Art/Text Clearinghouse Project Exhibition and Western Australian Photographic Book Showcase
Please join us at the launch of the Art/Text Clearinghouse Project and the Western Australian Photographic Book Showcase. Date: Wednesday 8 February 6pm At: Perth Centre for Photography, 100 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge (please note new premises). To be opened by Dr Robert Cook, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Photography and Design, Art Gallery of Western [...]
Di and Kat Souphandavong’s book In the beginning has arrived!
Dianne and Kathryn Souphandavong’s collaborative book In the Beginning, with its spectral and atmospheric images combined with poetry will be featured in the Art/Text/Clearinghouse Project opening February 8 at the Perth Centre for Photography. A mother and daughter team, their book explores the non-human – with images of spectres, figures and ghostly forms appearing naturally [...]
Eva Fernández’s book (terra) australis incognita featured in the Western Australian Photographic Book Showcase
(terra) australis incognita is a catalogue for a recent exhibition with the same title by Eva Fernández shown at the Fremantle Art Centre in 2011. The catalogue includes essays by Andrew Nicholls, artist, writer and curator based in Perth as well as Bec Dean, curator, writer and Associate Director of Performance Space, Sydney. Emphasising the [...]
Melbourne launch of birdlife
Our poetry, writing and visual art book, birdlife, is to take on Melbourne, being launched on the 27th of January, as part of the launch of RABBIT: a journal for non-fiction poetry. The launch for RABBIT 3: THE VISUAL ISSUE, features the launching of three other books, thou sand by Michael Farrell (Tinfish Press, 2011), [...]
Only 26 days to go to submit your photo book or collaborative book
Just a reminder that we are looking for books for our February exhibition. They are due by 31 JANUARY 2012 This means that if you have been doing a book involving a second author/artist/participant you should be getting it to the printer right now. See more details here: Art/Text/Clearinghouse project. We know that there are [...]
birdlife circles melbourne airwaves
Our latest book, birdlife, is to be featured on Melbourne’s 3RRR Aural Text program. Nyanda from Lethologica Press will be chatting about the book with presenters Alicia Sometimes and Lorin Clarke, on Wednesday the 7th December at 12.15pm Melbourne time. Somewhat of an institution, Aural Text features ‘words, text, books, writing, local and global hybrid [...]
Book arts
Here at Lethologica Press we enjoy perusing the ‘Book Arts’ Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England website, which offers a wealth of information related to the world of book arts. We are also very chuffed that our very own birdlife makes a mention in the November edition of their Book [...]