We’re really excited to start a new series in partnership with the Glasgow School of Art Library in Glasgow, Scotland. The GSA Library has a wonderful website, called The Hatchery, where staff document the artists and artworks that have been inspired by physical and digital library resources. Once a month we’ll share a Hatchery Highlight from the GSA website. Special thanks to Duncan Chappell at the GSA Library for working with us on this series! ~Laura
Micropages, curated by Abigail Thomas
For Micropages, curator Abigail Thomas made a selection of artists’ books and digitised them into microfilm for a touring exhibition. The selected books all related to the history of artists’ books, archives and libraries, or else challenged established preconceptions on preservation and display. They included examples by Kerri Cushman, Hanne Matthiesen, Sarah Bodman and Lucy Harrison. Abigail explains:
As a book artist and having worked in a library for almost three years, I wanted to explore issues that affect libraries and archives as well as the book art world. Books have it in their nature to be handled; they are intimate objects whose feeling, texture, weight and smell are part of their artistic aura. Glass cases remove the experience of the work, and you are unable to see it in its entirety; however, having books out also has its disadvantages. Should we treat artists’ books as archival material? This is the point that the project starts from.
Read more at The Hatchery.
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