X exercises for Kurt Johannessen

Bodman, Sarah L.

Abstract

Sarah Bodman made her first artist’s book tribute to Kurt Johannessen after Tanya Peixoto introduced her to his books at bookartbookshop.

She produced ‘An Exercise for Kurt Johannessen’ in 2010, in tribute to his book ‘Exercises’. The titles of the 100 short stories she wrote and buried for her exercise, have since been taken up by BookArtObject an international book arts group, founded in Australia by Sara Bowen, with 100 artists currently making a book using one of Sarah’s short story titles. The books will be completed over 2012

As it is now the 10th anniversary of bookartbookshop in February 2012, and the celebrations are based on theme of: x or what is to be done? Sarah asked Kurt Johannessen if she could select a further 10 (x) exercises from his artist’s book to carry out.

The result is ‘X Exercises for Kurt Johannessen’ an image only artist’s book, published as a free download, DIY self-assembly book on 21.02.2012. The exercises can be identified through reading the texts in Kurt Johannessen’s ‘Exercises’.

• Physical Artefact Type: Artefact
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Keywords: artists books
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/951770
• Publisher URL: http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/kurt12/kurtbk.pdf