Artist: North West Book Artists, UK Work: An Inch a Day We intend to produce a book that will take as a measurement an inch for every day of Magellan’s voyage. This will result in a book approximately 30 yards long by 5 inches high; the height will diminish as the...
Artist: Linda Parr, UK Work: The Iberian Endeavour I & II – ‘The Best Book I’ve Never Made’ I should like to submit at least one and perhaps two books to this exhibition. At the moment I anticipate exploring the relationship and tensions between the Portuguese...
Artist: Liliana Rothschild, Argentina Work: Ventana al Cono Sur – Window to the Southern Cone The work “Ventana al Cono Sur / Window to the Southern Cone”, is an assemblage of a wooden box, an altered book of poems, and a personal thread technique. The book...
Artist: Guylaine Couture, Canada Work: Ferdinan into the unknow My book “Ferdinan into the unknow” focuses on the world tour of Ferdinan (without «d» in Catalan) Magellan and his last journey into the unknown in order to prove that the earth is round. The book is worn...
Artist: Barbara Jones, UK Work: ‘Circumnavigation, a journey from East to West’ The starting point for my artwork was a hardback copy of Lloyds Register of Ships from 1998–99. I was inspired by Magellan’s struggle to find a passage through South America to reach the...
