BOOKNESS: Recent Episodes
Oxford University
A podcast series that wanders into the Bodleian Library’s collection of artists’ books, pokes around a bit and asks ‘what’s all this then?’
We will be talking to artists, makers, researchers and curators and pondering matters such as what makes a book a book, anyway? What happens if a book is made of something that decays? Are there any limits to what a library can collect? And, of course, what does this book smell like?
BOOKNESS is hosted by conservator Alice Evans and librarian Jo Maddocks. It’s brought to you by the Bodleian Library’s Centre for the Study of the Book and has been supported by a generous donation to the Bodleian Bibliographical Press.
BOOKNESS talks to graphic designer and book artist Kevin Steele about his pop-up book ‘The Movable Book of Letterforms’, which is on display in the Bodleian’s exhibition ‘Alphabet’s Alive!’ until the end of January 2024. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/
BOOKNESS talks to book artist Paul Johnson about his pop-up book ‘Dies Natalis’, which was created as a gift to the Bodleian library for the Gifts and Books exhibition. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/
On the 30th anniversay of its publication, BOOKNESS talks to book conservator and PhD candidate Justine Provino about her research into the self-destructing book 'Agrippa'. Images of this week’s book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/
BOOKNESS talks to poet and artist Stephen Emmerson about his book 'Translation of Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge', a paperback novel 'translated' into mushrooms. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/
BOOKNESS talks to multi-media artist Yiota Demetriou about her book 'To You', a book made with thermal ink that requires the intimacy and heat of the reader's hands to reveal its text. Images of this week's book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/
In the first episode in this series, BOOKNESS talks to book designer and artist Ben Denzer, about a book he has created from 20 slices of Kraft American cheese. Images of this week’s book are at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/
Welcome to BOOKNESS, a podcast from the Centre for the Study of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries exploring artists' books made of unusual materials… Find out more about this episode at: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/category/BOOKNESS/