Lectures Given by the Jury Members

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On 14th of December 2011 jury members Prof. Joseph Johannes Visser from The Netherlands and Prof. Hanne Matthiesen from Denmark will give lectures at Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts.

The theme of Prof. Joseph Johannes Visser is “The Geo Milev – SEPTEMVRI Project”.

An artist’s-book with the complete poem in linocut-prints & the new translations into English and Dutch by Joseph J. Visser, and into German by Monika Götze of ‘SEPTEMVRI’, a Poem by Geo Milev (Bulgaria, 1885 – 1925), a true modern-European philosopher, as it was executed and published in 2011 in a cooperative effort of ‘carpe plumbum’, Leipzig, Germany and ‘Atelier It Plein 19′ – Easterlittens, The Netherlands. The poem is a cry for a humane society, as a reaction against the violence used by government-forces when bringing down the September-uprising against the self-appointed fascist regime”.

The theme of Prof. Hanne Matthiesen is “Art as Communication”. Short description of the theme: “Reflections on ideas, concepts and resources. A presentation of passed, as well as ongoing works, projects and collaborations”. She also plane to make the Artist’s Book Workshop for students from Graphic department on theme: “From Recycled cardboard – to Artist’s Book”.

 

Kestutis Vasiliunas
curator of the artist’s book triennial

© Artist’s Book Creators 2011