The Artist’s Book Creators Community’s Year in Review 2017
January 3 – We started to organise the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018”.
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January 5-29 – Solo exhibition of curator of the “Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” Kestutis Vasiliunas “Memento Mori” in the Gallery “Titanikas”, Vilnius.
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February 14-15 – Conceptual Artist’s Book Course in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.
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February 25-26 – Artist’s book creator Evaldas Mikalauskis at Vilnius Book Fair.
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March 17 – Visiting the exhibition of books “Treasures in The Royal Library” in “The Black Diamond”, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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March 17 – Visiting the exhibition “The Poma Chronicle ” in “The Royal Library”, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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March 18 – Artist’s books of William Kentridge in Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark.
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March 21-27 – Travel with the Students to Leipzig Book Fair. Visiting the exhibition “Printmaking from Canada” in Lodz & exhibitions “Chinese Poster and Book Design Today”, and artist’s book exhibition of Nora Schattauer – “50 Workbooks” in “Kunstbibliothek” in Berlin.
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March 23-26 – Artist’s Books of Lithuanian Professors from Vilnius Academy of Arts in Leipzig Book Fair.
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March 24 – Meeting with artist’s book creators in Leipzig Book Fair.
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March 29 – April 2 – Printmaking specialists from Finland visited Vilnius.
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April 5-29 – Artist’s book, installation & performance of artist’s book creator Raminta Sumskyte Sum in the Gallery “Kaire Desine”, Vilnius.
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June 15-18 – Concerts of world famous artists, Lithuanian Friends – Auke de Boer & Joseph Johannes Visser in Lithuania. Artist’s book creator, composer, typographer – Joseph Johannes Visser again visited Vilnius.
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June 24-28 – Artist’s book creator Prof. Chang-Soo Kim and his wife Jihyun Shim from South Korea, who travelling in Europe for two months, visited Lithuania. In 2009 Prof. Chang-Soo Kim participated in the project “International Artist’s Book Workshop Vilnius 2009” in the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
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August 26 – After the holidays in Austrian Alps we visited the curator of the “Artist’s Book Biennial Horn” – Toni Kurz and his wife Christa.
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September 1 – October 16 – Chief of “Artist’s Book Creators Community” Kestutis Vasiliunas in Printmaking Residencies in China.
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December 1 – Visiting the exhibition of David Lynch “Silence and Dynamism” in the Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun, Poland.
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December 2 – Strange artist’s books in Berlin.
Kestutis Vasiliunas
Chief of “Artist’s Book Creators Community”