Book Works is delighted to announce a new facsimile edition of the Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña’s Saborami – an artist book created in the aftermath of the September 1973 military coup in Chile. Combining poetry, journal entries, documentation of artworks including assemblages and paintings, the book was published in Devon, England in an edition of 250 hand-made copies by the artist-led Beau Geste Press.
We are delighted to announce a new series of our conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, starting on 20 September. Book Works sees graphic design as crucial to realising artists and writers’ ideas in the final form of the book. While conventionally designers often become involved in the later stages of a book’s production, and with … Continued
As part of our series of conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, we were delighted to welcome graphic designer, researcher and teacher Rosen Eveleigh for a chat on Zoom on 24 April 2022. Below is a full verbatim transcript. Click here for a plain-text version compatible with screen readers. ROSEN EVELEIGH – As part of the … Continued
In the first of our series of conversations with designers, Graphic Negotiations, we were delighted to welcome graphic designer, writer and professor James Langdon in March 2022 for a fascinating talk and presentation about his practice and thinking about designing artist books as an act of impersonation or negotiation. Below is a full verbatim transcript. … Continued
The Book Works Studio will launch two new evening classes in September. Bookbinding for Beginners runs on Monday evenings from 18 September for eight weeks, and Boxmaking for Beginners is on Wednesdays, starting 20 September for seven weeks. For more info or to book on either course please contact Jan Burgess – [email protected]. or 020 … Continued
Friday 15 September
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH
Screening 12–7pm
Talk/book launch 7–8.30pm
Book free tickets
Our book of the month, with 30% off until the end of September, is Sketches of Universal History Compiled from Several Authors by Sarah Pierce.
Sketches of Universal History… presents an interplay of voices, legacies, friendships and influences that make up an art practice.
The Shy Radicals film, based on Hamja Ahsan’s book of the same name, is now available to watch in full on YouTube.
Directed by Tom Dream for Black Dog Films, and featuring Arlo Parks and Art School Girlfriend, the film is a portrait of award-winning artist, activist and author Hamja Ahsan, an
22-24 September, 2023
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)
Friday 8 September, 6–8pm
Phillida Reid
10 – 16 Grape Street
London, WC2H 8DY
Free and open to all