bookRoom Press

bookRoom press at UCA Farnham

The bookRoom press was established in October 2010 with a successful HEFCE SRIF bid. To promote institutionally, nationally and internationally, a community of practice that advances book art in the digital age at the interface of photographic, graphic and text based works.

To be at the forefront of high quality on the page works with an emphasis on a conceptual and critical approach to the interplay between content and form in the bringing together of photographic images and other graphic or textual material. bookRoom press supports researchers to engage with cultural, artistic and creative production, debate and dissemination of on the page works, underpinned by an inclusive and innovative research culture and environment.

bookRoom press provides unique facilities combining traditional print and production technology with the latest digital developments to produce small runs artist books, posters, and other printed or digital works.

• To enable new practice, by research staff as well as postgraduate students from the Photography, Design and Fine Art courses at UCA.
• To encourage the development of projects, residencies, workshops and collaborations with other research initiatives nationally and internationally, in academic and non-academic contexts.
• To promote and develop institutionally, nationally and internationally the activities of the bookRoom research cluster thus contributing towards the University’s Research & Enterprise Strategy.
• Creating the opportunity to experiment with designs and processes in a specialist environment set up to encourage research and innovation in the field.
• Contributing to the development of other bookRoom activities; study days, exhibiting at international book fairs, internships and artist residencies, bookRoom collection.
• Disseminating resultant knowledge through exhibitions, conferences and teaching.

Annual Membership to join bookRoom and use bookRoom press facilities can be made through the website for a small annual fee.

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