March 2, 2025: Discussion
Core
- Amaranth Borsuk, “The Book as Idea” from The Book (2018), resource via library
- Levi Sherman, “Interview with Tia Blassingame” Part 1 and Part 2 (2020)
- Kadin Henningsen, “Making Mary Ann Waters is a Free Black Woman: Critical Fabrication as Bibliographic Method” (2022), resource via library
Penumbra
- Ulises Carrión, “The New Art of Making Books” (1975), external website
- Joseph Viscomi, “Illuminated Printing” exhibit from the William Blake Archive, external website
- Charity Hancock, Clifford Hichar, Carlea Holl-Jensen, Kari Kraus, Cameron Mozafari, and Kathryn Skutlin, “Bibliocircuitry and the Design of the Alien Everyday” (2013), external website
- Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires, “‘Oh Look, a Ferry’; or the Smell of Printed Books” (2018)
- Lindsay Rose Russell, “Dictionary, Shaped: Artists’ Books and Lexicography” (2020), resource via library
March 6: Artist’s Book Lab @ RBML
☞ On Location: Meet at Rare Books and Manuscripts in the Main Library for a session with Cait Coker. If you’ve never visited RBML before, you’ll need to register for a reader account beforehand. You will only be able to bring in your phone, paper (such as your commonplace book), and pencils.