Exhibitions of Floating World BooksFloating World Current projects 2010, and Exhibition History to date We are exploring the idea of using Artists books to create collaborative works with members of the public, and developing new ways of making and showing them so that they reach the widest possible audience. At the same time we are continuing to develop works by our contributing artists, and will look to broaden our portfolio by inviting new artists to take part. Our current project is a temporary publishing house in Cavan, Rep. of Ireland, where members of the public can make their own artists books. You can follow this and other projects on our blog, http://projects.floatingworldbooks.com Outlined below are a selection of our recent exhibitions: 2010 S-I-B Contemporary Art Tokyo 2009 Gallery Exhibition of Floating World Books Sligo Art Gallery in Dec 08. Reading room was designed to be a new kind of exhibition - one where you can pick up the art works and look at them. In the Irish Times Aidan Dunne wrote the following about the show; "Reading Room is an intriguing exhibition on several counts. One, it consists of and is about books, which now fall into the category of artefacts threatened by the development of digital electronic technology in the form of the various readers developed by Amazon and Sony. Two, artworks usually come with a precautionary “Do Not Touch” warning, whereas this is an exhibition in which visitors are actively encouraged to touch and indeed read the exhibits. There's long been a close connection between visual artists and the book form. Artists just love making books, and Floating World have devised a three-part show that aims to introduce the public to the world of the artist's book in the most pleasant manner possible, by making a kind of artist's book library. The first room is a reading room with artists' books available for examination. The second room features source material and finished artworks related to the books on display, and in the third room visitors are free to engage in a bit of book- making of their own". Illustration. The Irish Times - Friday, July 10, 2009 2009 Small Publishers Fair, London 2009 2nd Artists Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield. 2008 Leeds International Artists Book Fair 2009 1st Artists Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield. 2007 Small Publishers Fair, London. 2007 Tate Britain: London; Temporary display of artists books including work by Glenn Holman of Floating World to coincide with ‘Learning to Read' exhibition. 2007 Book to Book, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds. 2007 The Market Place Gallery in Armagh. Commissioned pieces were produced with the support of An Chomhairle Ealaion, The Arts Council of Ireland, Commissions Award. The exhibition was designed to present the artists books in am manner which put them on a par with a painting or sculpture, by showing a small number of books in the huge space of the Market Place Gallery. Illustration 2007 10th International Artists Book Fair, Leeds 2007 Enniskillen Arts Festival, Enniskillen, N.Ireland. We have also been experimenting with showing in less conventional ways. In a recent show in Enniskillen we used a tourist information stand to show works in the foyer of the town hall. We are developing future projects where we can explore the way that art is looked at, by showing books outside of gallery contexts. Illustration 2006 Small Publishers Fair, London 2006 “Terra Incognita” Atelier WG, Amsterdam.“Terra Incognita” Atelier WG, Amsterdam. An A4 book Trajans column was the starting point for a 60ft long hanging scroll/book/sculpture which expanded on the visual syntax of the book and played with ideas of scale and portability. The piece was as moveable as a book and made from book binding materials however it was vast in scale stretching from the top to the bottom of the building2005 "Floating World" artists books, LAB 05 ICA London. Illustration 2005 "Drawing Between 2", Gallery MAKI, Tokyo. 2004 "Floating World", artists books, LAB 04 ICA London 2004 "Drawing Between", Gallery MAKI, Tokyo.
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