the haptic touch of books by artists

Abstract

This portfolio of papers documents the reception of Tim Mosely’s PhD studio research into artists book practice by the field.

In response to his research he was invited to present a paper at the 2015 Stanford/Codex Collegium, “Revealing the Handmade Book: Inventing the Library”. The Collegium’s purpose was “to develop strategies in support of academic institutional collection development and scholarship in contemporary book arts”. Sponsored by Stanford University Office of the Dean of Research, the Office of the Dean of Humanities, Stanford University Libraries and The Codex Foundation, the collegium was invitational only and assembled an international body of diplomats, scholars, artists, writers, curators, program administrators and collectors.

By invitation he was invited to present a paper at the inaugural “Codex Australia Artists Book Fair & Symposium”, Melbourne, 1–2 March 2014. Codex Australia was a non-profit organisation “dedicated to the traditional arts and crafts of the handmade book, as well as the latest print technologies, imaging sciences, and contemporary art and design”. Founding director of “the Codex Foundation” Peter Koch was the invited Keynote for the Symposium, and five other invited speakers were drawn from Australia and New Zealand.

Tim Mosely was selected for interview as a case study by Sarah Bodman in her AHRC funded research project “What will be the canon for the artist’s book in the 21st Century?” Senior Research Fellow for Artists’ Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) UK, The interview was published in the 2010 book, A Manifesto for the Book by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden.