Image caption: Fluxus 1 Designed, edited and published by George Maciunas New York City, USA/Wiesbaden, Germany: Fluxus, [c1964] 53 pp., 19 x 21 cm., bound with nuts and bolts Unlimited Edition

Advanced Practice: Artist’s Books and Magazines

PGFA:5302 (CRN: 5047)

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This studio driven course focuses on the book as a form of artistic exploration. Students will learn the practical skills necessary to lay-out, print and bind publications through workshops and demonstrations, while also engaging with the conceptual questions that inform each project. Approaches ranging from handmade, DIY publications to more involved print and web publications will be encouraged in individual and group projects developed by students over the course of the semester. We will draw on examples of small edition artist books that consider the book as an art object. We will also learn about artist-run periodicals from the 1960’s through the present including Third Text, M/E/A/N/I/N/G, LTTR and The Thing Quarterly to consider a range of publication strategies that could serve as inspiration for new projects. We will visit artist studios, archives and bookstores to see the many approaches to books and journals being made today by artists and writers.

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