with presentations by Peter Kennard, Stefan Szczelkun, Rebekah Taylor, David Moore, Ellen Nolan. curated and chaired by Emmanuelle Waeckerlé 28th April (10 to 5pm) – W02 lecture theatre – UCA Farnham The presentations have been recorded and will be uploaded soon. Working Press is a collective publishing imprint, which had the subtitle books by and about Working [read more]
A talk and panel discussion organised in partnership with the Whitechapel Gallery for the LONDON ART BOOK FAIR Saturday 27 September, 2pm – 3.30pm Artist, media critic and editor in chief of Neural magazine, Alessandro Ludovico is joined by Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Delphine Bedel and Colin Sackett to discuss the shifting nature of the book as a medium, and consider what it could be(come) in today’s complex information [read more]
A two days International symposium and related live events at London South Bank University 8th – 9th June 2012 – a collaboration between the Centre for Media and Cultural Research (CMCR) at LSBU and bookRoom Research Cluster at UCA Farnham, co-Chaired by Richard Sawdon Smith and Emmanuelle Waeckerlé. The event brings together theorists, researchers and practitioners to [read more]
An international study day and a series of public interventions investigating bridges and cross-overs between performance art and other mediums such as photography, video, painting, music, and sculpture. Various international artists, academics and UCA students, all using performative tactics within their practice, have been invited to give presentation, perform or lead seminars on their work. [read more]
bookRoom will present and discuss our research project from the Arts and Humanities Research Council with the aim to create and manage a global research network concerned with the way photography, design and typography (and possibly other media) connect and collide on the page, both analogue and digital – with particular reference to artists books [read more]