This website went online
in February 2007, and the
‘Writing and readings’ pages
have been amended and
supplemented continually
since. As well as presenting
complete online versions of
works published originally in
printed form—‘rereader’ and
‘essayes’ for example—other
pages show work in more
accumulative structures.
Material is added to these
pages either by being
integrated amongst what
is already placed, or at the
end—the new format of the
bottomless page. Examples
of comparative working
processes are detailed in
the online publication The
Simple Reader, linked from
the thumbnail cover, below.
Archived by UK Web Archive
Small Publishers Fair
The international fair celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers; together with a programme of readings and talks.
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
11–12 November 2011, admission free
Concept as Concrete Form: Visual Poetry, Texts and Typography
Typographic installations celebrating the history and significance of the genre of Concrete Poetry, inspired by the physical presence of texts, by artists and writers including Eugen Gomringer, Henri Chopin and Dom Sylvester Houedard.
The ‘public reading’ version of essayes is included in this exhibition.
University of Derby School of Arts, Design and Technology, Markeaton Street, Derby DE22 3AW
13 September–14 October 2011, admission free
The Emblem of My Work
169 artists celebrate the 250th anniversary of Sterne’s marbled page.
Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, York YO60 4AD
3 September–31 October 2011
cabin:codex
Over 100 artists’ books and multiples selected from the collection of the Centre for Artists’ Books at Visual Research Centre, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. The exhibition considers two inter-related but opposing landscape themes, the Urban and the Feral.
Centrespace, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DY
30 April–29 May 2011, admission free
Bristol Artists Book Event
The third book fair at the Arnolfini, with work by over eighty artists and publishers available throughout the weekend.
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
30 April–1 May 2011, admission free
Small Publishers Fair
The international fair celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers; together with a programme of readings and talks.
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
12–13 November 2010, admission free
The Blue Notebook, Volume 5 No.1, October 2010
The latest issue of this peer-reviewed journal of artists books includes a printed version of Steam.
A4 pdf
Little Vehicle
A selection of books are included in a group exhibition of work by Coracle, Cairn, Colin Sackett, Yasuko Otsuka, andbooks, Tan & Kimura Press, Tomomitsu Tada, Wataru Nakamura, Shun Kawami.
Star Gallery, 2-13-24 Nishiki Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan
12–26 September 2010
Writing/Exhibition/Publication
An installation version of Boundary is included in this project curated by David Berridge.
The Pigeon Wing, Guild House, Rollins Street, London SE15 1EP
3 September–3 October 2010
Glasgow International Artists Bookfair
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY
16–17 April 2010, admission free
Small Publishers Fair
The international fair celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers; together with a programme of readings and talks.
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
13–14 November 2009, admission free
The Black Page
Artists and writers create new Black Pages to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne.
Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, York YO60 4AD
6 September–31 October 2009
Some Early Toys by Ian Hamilton Finlay
Display cabinets showing the open spreads of the book, along with the original toys, are included as part of Janet Boulton’s exhibition of watercolours and paper reliefs ‘Remembering Little Sparta’.
Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF
31 July–30 August 2009
CCANW
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World will feature a display of books.
Rare Sighting in the Haldon Hills by J. C. C. Mays is published to accompany the selection.
Project Space, Haldon Forest Park, Exeter, Devon EX6 7XR
4 July–4 October 2009
Bristol Artists Book Event
The second book fair at the Arnolfini, with work by over fifty artists and publishers available throughout the weekend.
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
4–5 April 2009, admission free
To coincide with the publication of a new edition of Black Bob, a version installed as a single-line.
Equivalent Spaces, an exhibition of books and printed objects
Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music Museum
1-114 Sagamine, Yazako Nagakute, Aichi-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
22 November–3 December 2008
Small Publishers Fair
The international fair celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers; together with a programme of readings and talks.
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
24–25 October 2008, admission free
Certain Trees: the Constructed Book, Poem and Object, 1964–2008
Room 74, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
1 April–17 August 2008, admission free
Artist’s Book Yearbook 2008–2009
A visual essay ‘The Simple Reader’ by Colin Sackett is published in the current edition of the Artist’s Book Yearbook. The six sequences of frames and captions contrast several works from process to publication in printed and online formats.