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Architectural Bookwork I
Guy Begbie
2000
hand cast paper with plaster cast and stab binding
number 1
edition of 1
Guy teaches graphic design at Herefordshire College of Art and bookbinding, artists' books and printmaking at the University of the West of England, Bristol.// Through his practice and research, he attempts to continually redefine the parameters of the book, making printed editioned artists' books, unique mixed-media books, sculptural book objects and site specific bookworks. These are made to enable the viewer to engage with time based elements, through the use of cryptic narrative, digital sound and moving image.// Using traditional and unorthodox book structures, he attempts to record the ephemeral moment of a specific time and place. He presents digital stills in a filmic, frame by frame, book format. Working with public and domestic environments, he pairs painterly imagery and photographic documentation of specific sites with minimal, non-linear texts.// These bookworks are a distillation of experience that capture the fleeting moment, the equivalent of a visual haiku.// Guy sews many of the books along one edge, using traditional binding and printmaking techniques to produce small, codex editions.// In other unique works, he parodies the codex book form, combining paper and cloth based bindery materials with cast elements in plaster and lead.// These sculptural book objects reference both the book and architectural structure.
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