September 2011
5 posts
Charlotte Cheetham & Sophie Demay ont le plaisir de vous inviter au finissage et marché aux livres de l’exposition Open Books II, au Cneai de Paris.
Parce que nous souhaitons remettre en circulation ces ouvrages pour clôturer la dernière exposition du projet, nous vous proposons les livres extraits du corpus d’exposition, soit environ 80 livres (anciennes éditions, littérature,...
performances: James Langdon & Stuart Whipps,...
Pendant les journées européennes du patrimoine 2011, Charlotte Cheetham et Sophie Demay explorent avec leurs invités certains des éléments consubstantiels à l’objet livre: la collection, la double page et la bibliothèque. Basé sur une série de performances et d’installations sonores et visuelles, cet événement s’intéresse notamment à la physicalité du livre et à sa transcription au travers...
The Crystal Maze II — Freeake Library
Dans le cadre d’Open Books II, Catherine Guiral, Brice Domingues et Jérôme Dupeyrat proposent la seconde édition du Crystal Maze, dispositif de monstration et de discussion dédié aux livres, à l’édition, et à tout ce qui s’y rapporte par des prismes divers que sont par exemple la lecture, le graphisme et le cinéma. Le Crystal Maze est un labyrinthe où se rencontrent des objets, des images...
Open Books II - Cneai, Paris - Vernissage
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Open Books II - Cneai, Paris - Exposition
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August 2011
2 posts
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Open Books II - Umberto Eco, Le Nom de la rose...
Umberto Eco, Le Nom de la rose-p308-309 (enlarge - english version)
July 2011
2 posts
Open Books II
Charlotte Cheetham & Sophie Demay ont le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage ainsi qu’aux rencontres/performances de l’exposition Open Books II, au Cneai de Paris. Du 9 au 21 septembre 2011 Vernissage le vendredi 9 septembre à 18h Rencontres et performances les samedis 10 et 17 septembre Cneai de Paris, 20 rue Louise Weiss, 75013 Paris
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Open Books is a project aiming to explore the “mise en abime” of the object book as well as to research the use of books as an exhibited material. This publication, Volumes ABC, was produced in two steps. Printed ahead of the exhibition, Volumes A+B served as a documentation tool and caption for the public. Extended later by Volume C, the three volumes become then a trace of the...
March 2011
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February 2011
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Exhibited books
Open Books - exhibited books Benzanoe Magazine, Issue 64, Benzanoe , 2010 BEST BOOk 2008 (Readers Digest), Werkplaats Typografie 2009 BEST BOOkS 2009 Mapping the Library, Werkplaats Typografie, 2010 Bookcase, Sarah Poletti, 2010 Chinese whispers, Jamie Reid, 2009 Claude Closky 8002— 9891, MAC/VAL, 2008 CNEAI = NEUF ANS, cneai= & Editions Hyx 2006 CONSTRUCT DECONSTRUCT, Ghazaal...
Talks
Open Books talks with James Langdon & Stuart Whipps, Anna Haas & Annett Höland (Werkplaats Typografie), Fraser Muggeridge - James Langdon is an independent graphic designer. Informed by an art education, his practice is concerned with the mediation of art and ideas. James is one of five founding directors of the artist-run gallery Eastside Projects in Birmingham and is also active as...
Publication: upcoming
Hato Press
Open Books publication was printed by Hato Press. Hato Press was established by Ken Kirton, Louise Naunton Morgan and Jackson Lam. We set up Hato Press as a platform to apply our design skills to a greater context. To collaborate with other designers, artists, illustrators, writers, scientists, etc. in offering them affordable printing and the ability to publish their own work. “The...
videos installation
An Endless Supply, The Most Cool Books Slide projection, sound, 14 minutes 48 seconds duration, looped Books on um art and design, er, rated on whether they’re cool or whatever. Presented at PA/PER VIEW Art Book Fair at Zabludowicz Collection, London.
Gestures from João Machado on Vimeo.
João Machado, Gestures This video strongly relates to the effect of a book, extending beyond the...
Perpetual Proposal
Perpetual Proposal A space and classification system by Fay Nicolson and Oliver Smith for Openbooks Perpetual Proposal is a system to initiate and record the flow of books within an exhibition as reading room. The Books (selected by Sophie Demay and Charlotte Cheetham) all deal with the form and content of the book as a subject. Being interested in mathematician and librarian S.R....
To exhibit and to show the book
The experiences are numerous.
Why and how do you show the book? How do you represent a book in a book? (Wonderful “mise en abyme”!) What about the flattening process of the 3D object? How do you exhibit it? Exploring the use of the book as the exhibited material, in the ‘public’ space, rather than in a more private sphere, implies a shift, a transformation of its content. If books are being...
