In one of my recent posts I posted documentation of a cool accordion exhibition that I co-curated with my French colleague Marie Boivent in the exhibition space of the Artists' Book collection at the University of Rennes. It was also an historic exhibition as it was the first exhibition in France of accordions, or as the French prefer 'leporellos'.
In the brief time that I was in Rennes I addressed Marie's students a couple of times and was pleased to see a good number of them at the opening, as well as their attendance at the one-day conference the following day. This leporello, which was gifted to me, is a collaboration between four student artists around the theme of Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" (1889) with texts on the reverse side that all amplify the theme of dark and light, and the swirling stars glistening in the sky above the village below. This is a fun publication with a well defined purpose that provides both a visual and textual response to this iconic painting.
6 double-sided pages, individually 3.75" x 2.75", and when unfolded with covers 1ft 10".
