A sequence of other spaces: Artists’ books through the lens of the heterotopia' Artist Book Presentation

Killian Dunne

A sequence of other spaces: Artists’ books through the lens of the heterotopia' Artist Book Presentation

Contemporary Art Practice

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Abstract

Michel Foucault describes heterotopias as “other spaces” which exist within all cultures. These spaces expose “every real space, all the sites inside of which human life is partitioned, as still more illusory” (Foucault and Miskowiec, 1986, 27). Ulises Carrión describes the book as “a sequence of spaces” which does not act as “a case of words, nor a bag of words, nor a bearer of words” (Carrión, 1975, 1).
While considering heterotopias as “other spaces” and the book as “a sequence of spaces”, this paper proposes the artists’ book as a sequence of other spaces. Using this heterotopic lens to examine printed matter spaces, it will explore how the textual, visual, and material nature of these objects may investigate borders when cropped within the sequence of other spaces which houses them. As a point of reference, I shall reflect on a series of artists’ books I produced between 2019 and 2023.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2023
Event	Relate North symposium and exhibition 2023: Beyond Borders - Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Duration: 13 Nov 2023 → 17 Nov 2023 https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-creative-studies/relate-north-11---beyond-borders/

Exhibition

Exhibition	Relate North symposium and exhibition 2023
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Umeå
Period	13/11/23 → 17/11/23
Internet address	https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-creative-studies/relate-north-11---beyond-borders/

Keywords

artists' books
artists books
art books
art book
book arts
Heterotopia
experimental printed matter

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A sequence of other spaces: Artists’ books through the lens of the heterotopia' Artist Book Presentation

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