7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015

7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015

Exhibition theme: “Error” {mistake}

Time & Location:
2015 March 12–15, Leipzig Book Fair, Germany;
2015 September 5th – 19th, “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italia;
2015 October 22 – November 21, Gallery “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania;
2016 January 16–17, in the 11th Book Fair Hamburg, “Museum der Arbeit”, Germany;
2016 July 30 – August 27, “The Cole Art Center”, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, U.S.A. – Cancelled.

The “7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015” organized in order to promote artist’s books all over the world and to make an exchanges between artists. With the great support of the Artists we hope to keep the highest artistic level of the 7th Artist’s Book Triennial as it was in previous our Triennials. With your participation we hope to make a remarkable Exhibition of artist’s books, and to open a window for people to discover a wonderful world of artist’s books.

Circle “Bokartas” in cooperation with the “Artist’s Book Creators Community” organize the “7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015”. We are non-profit organization holding the International Artist’s Book Exhibitions for the last 19 years. Since 1994 twelve artists books exhibitions and six International Artist‘s Book Triennials were organized where 715 artists from 63 countries were selected for the Triennials by the jury. Triennials took place not only in Lithuania, but also in Salzburg (Austria), Lille (France), Frankfurt on Main, Leipzig, Bentlage (Germany), Halmstad (Sweden), Silkeborg (Denmark), Venice (Italy) and Seoul (South Korea).

The purpose of the “7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015″ is to incite artists to create conceptual works which correspond to the offered theme. We want to provoke artists to think and to create an artist’s books on this strange theme of the 7th Triennial – “Error”. Errors {mistakes} plays important role not only in our life, but also in creative process. Many scientific discoveries have been made by mistake, by error. The same are in art. We are looking for artist’s books made with errors, artist’s books with typographical, printing or binding errors. Artist’s books created about “errors” in our life and art, errors in science and engineering, errors in languages or errors on the road, and etc.

Main Prize – The Main Prize given to the artist Hanne Stochholm from Denmark. Congratulation!!! Hanne Stochholm will have the opportunity to make a personal artist’s book exhibition to be shown in Vilnius, 2018, together with the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018″.

International Jury:

Prof. Joseph Johannes Visser, The Netherlands;
Prof. Hanne Matthiesen, Denmark;
Dr. Vaidilute Brazauskaite-L., Lithuania;
Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas, Lithuania.

History of the Triennial:

The “1st International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 1997” was organized in Vilnius, in the capital of Lithuania, in the Gallery “Kaire Desine”. The theme of it was “Diary: Eight Days”. 62 artists from 13 countries were selected for the Triennial.

The “2nd International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2000” was in Vilnius in the Gallery “Arka”, and in 2001 in the “Galerie 5020” in Salzburg. The theme of it was “Apocalypse”. 140 artists from 29 countries were selected for the Triennial.

The “3rd International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2003” took part in 2003, in the “Contemporary Art Centre” in Vilnius. The theme of it was “23 Sins”. 119 artists from 37 countries were selected for the Triennial. After the exhibition in Vilnius the Triennial was showed in 2004 in “Frankfurt Art Fair” in Frankfurt on Main, Germany; in 2004 in Thomas Mannas’ House in Nida, Lithuania; in 2004 in the Gallery “Le Carre” in Lille, France;

The “4th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2006” took part in 2006, in the Gallery “Arka” in Vilnius. The theme of it was “Rabbit and House”. 132 artists from 29 countries were selected for the Triennial. After the exhibition in Vilnius the Triennial was showed in 2007 in “Leipzig Book Fair” in Leipzig, Germany and in “Seoul International Book Arts Fair”, South Korea.

The “5th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2009” took part in 2009. The theme of it was “Text”. For the Triennial jury selected 134 artists from 34 countries. The Triennial was showed in “Leipzig Book Fair”, in Germany; in Gallery “Arka”, in Vilnius; in “Art Centre Silkeborg Bad”, in Silkeborg, Denmark; in “Hübner Bokform”, in Halmstad, Sweden; in “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, in Venice, Italy.

The “6th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2012” took part in 2012. The theme of the Triennial was “Love”. The international jury selected 131 artists from 33 countries for the exhibition. The Triennial was showed in “Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, in Venice, Italy; in “Leipzig Book Fair”, Germany; in the Gallery “Titanikas”, Vilnius; and in “Kloster Bentlage”, in Rheine, Germany.

Organiser of the Triennial:
Circle “Bokartas”.

In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania;
Artist’s Book Creators Community;
IAKH – Internationale Ausstellung für Künstlerbücher und Handpressendrucke, Leipzig, Germany;
“Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italia;
Gallery “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania;
BuchDruckKunst e.V., Hamburg, Germany;
“The Cole Art Center”, Nacogdoches, U.S.A.

Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
E-mail: vasiliunas@bookart.lt
Mob: +370 656 05379

 

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