An intriguing day in Norwich. A day on the
selection panel for Turn The Page. A day looking a wide range of approaches to
the book. Always interesting to look at images of books rather than the actual
objects. The book - a 3D object that exists in space, that often explores time,
sequence and order, can be manipulated in the hand and whose materials have
often been chosen carefully for their textural qualities. It was nice to meet
the other selectors Tanya from
the bookartbookshop, Nicola Dale from Rogue Studios, Manchester and
finally Jules and Marina the organisers. Turn The Page has the idea of being
more than a book fair - the cross between fair and exhibition is a good one and
favours visual work that uses/explores the idea of the
book. But its also about the idea of supporting local and young (in terms of
their CV) artists, providing opportunities, of generating a buzz in the city
and working within a very public
space. So on the whole the two days in May - Friday 3rd and
Saturday 4th May 2013 will be an
eclectic mixture challenging the nature of the book - looking forward to it
already.
