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Perera's work invariably exploits her background as a doctor, scientist and artist, working in the East (Sri Lanka, her native country), and the West (the United Kingdom, her adoptive country). Mixed media assemblage techniques combining traditional forms of printmaking are digitally manipulated to transform unique artwork into democratic multiples. Slight variations on the theme are used to generate 'unique multiples', whilst blurring boundaries between the artist/artisan, orient/occident and the past and present. Often several narratives unfold within the hidden spaces of the book as a detachable spine allows the book to be undressed. |
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PERCEPTION VI
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| This book explores the varying perceptions that individuals have of reading the same material.
"…the total existence of writing: a text is made of multiple writing, ….but there is one place where this multiplicity is focused and that place is the reader, not as was hitherto said, the author. The reader is the space on which all quotations that make up a writing are inscribed without any of them being lost; a text’s unity lies not in its origin but in its destination."
(Barthes 1977, p148)
Perception VI is a variation on the theme of another series of books originally designed for the deafblind reader. The pages were embossed using zinc sheets that were deeply etched by acid, and created by applying stop out varnish, sugar lift and aquatint in a blind process. In this method an abstract pattern of the structure of books was generated. Perforations were also incorporated into the design of the spine, inviting the viewer to look and discover what lies beyond the physical structure of the book.
This book is part of an interactive multipart artist book. The circularity of the process of reading is addressed in the pages of another book in this series, with detachable self-addressed envelopes inviting several readers to take a page into their own space, create and contribute to the completion of the final volume.
Barthes, Roland (1977)”The Death of an Author” in Image-Music-Text.
Sumi Perera © 2006
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PERCEPTION IV
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PERMISSIBLE DOBERMANN PINSCHER
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| PERMISSIBLE DOBERMANN PINSCHER BREED STANDARD is an enquiry into how pets are tailored and manipulated to satisfy human requirements and specifications. This piece lays out Dobermann Pinscher Breed Standards and questions what is acceptable through different temporal and cultural frameworks. Docking dogs’ tails and cropping their ears are prohibited in certain countries. The breeding of an albino dobe resulted in the weakening of the species and the untimely death due to disease. |
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THE TALE OF A DOBE III
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| An enquiry into how pets are tailored and manipulated to satisfy human requirements and specifications. Text extracted form the American Dobermann Pinscher Breed Standards were etched, the prints rescanned generating fonts of variable dimensions and used to re-etch new plates. The sequence and layout of the squares (15 x 15 cms)is decided by the reader.
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10-20 SIZING UP THE OPPOSITION
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| This work was first presented to the public at a symposium at Camberwell College to publicise the London Institute’s acquisition of its new title "The University of the Arts" in June 04. It was read along with several other voices from the audience coming in at different times. It reflects on the dress sizes 10-20 and the machinations and manipulations within the clothing industry. The font size and number of lines increase from 10-20, with each verse or page turn. The speed of the text weaving in and out of the page is altered to distress the reading dependent on the weight of the message. The background models on the backdrop of the screen are photos of undressed mannequins. The references of facial features from classical paintings are those that were adopted by the French performance artist, Orlan who undergoes cosmetic surgery under a local anaesthethic, and converts the whole operating theatre into a grand theatrical performance. The animation was kept sound free to enable the reader/viewer to sub-vocalise the text because the internal rhythm within the lines appeared to work better this way. |
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CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS
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| All human cultures adorn their bodies with clothes that mark the boundary between the private and public space, and forms a personal habitus. Constantly we are informed as to how and what to wear by seen and unseen forces. The readymade tailored garments beg us to slip into predetermined sizes irrespective of the genetic makeup that has designed our body shapes and sizes. The amount of skin/flesh that maybe revealed or concealed shifts through temporal and cultural perspectives, again dictating what form of clothing is acceptable. This book explores the social currency that clothes hold in establishing the dialogue between the wearer and viewer.
Etched images of mannequins unfold against a backdrop of embossed dress patterns and stitch related words rendering a tactile reading. Stitched words are unpicked and the memory is left behind (perforations made by the needle marks allow light to filter through to give another narrative). There are multiple readings throughout the book as exists within the hieroglyphics that evolve within encounters with clothes. (4.5m long book exhibited in a touring show of the UK titled: art of the STITCH and the Wrexham Print International. Variations on the theme also shown in the 5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Chicago; The Knitting and Stitching Show: touring NEC Birmingham /Alexandra Palace, London/RDS, Dublin/Harrogate International Centre ). |
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| CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is a compendium of the forces within the garment industry. Comprises of a dozen chapters.
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BUILDING BLOCKS
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| BUILDING BLOCKS BOOK –
An artist book that explores issues that surround the space in architecture.
Consists of etched, embossed, stitched and manually controlled laser cut pages, printed with burnt dust.
The sequence of the pages maybe re-arranged by the reader to build up multiple narratives.
The original book was designed for the exhibition SHELTER
a touring exhibition in the USA - tour schedule :
Opened at the Wedemann Gallery, Lasell College, Massachusetts April 10-22
BUILDING BLOCKS BOOK was awarded the first prize - The Melville Charitable Trust Award.
Next tour venues :
May 9-June 19 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, MD 20910
July 9- August 15 Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 02903
October 1- 29 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, MA, 01915
April 8- May 3, 2009 The String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY 13147
Variations on the theme were exhibited at the following venues and won many awards:
* Best Overall Book Design Prize (NPB) & the Aidan Portnall Award (1st Prize-Complete Book) - Society of Bookbinders International Competition & Conference, Warwick. Aug ’09;
* Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist Book Award. NSW, Australia August 2009
‘THE HOUSE THAT JACK NEVER BUILT’
WONDERLAND - Fairytale Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
15 June - 17 August 2008
WONDERLAND - V&A Museum of Childhood,
Bethnal Green, London.
19 Sep 2009 - 17 Jan 2010
‘BUILDING BLO(CKS)[X]’
LOOP 2008. Menier Gallery, London
30 June-13 July 2008
‘BUILDING BLOCKS’
SURREY OPEN ARTISTS STUDIO - Ochre Print Studio, Guildford
10th June- 29th June 2008
‘BUILDING BLOCKS IV’
5th INTERNATIONAL COLUMBIA PAPER & BOOKARTS TRIENNIAL – Chicago, USA
25th July-12th September 2008
‘BUILDING BLOCKS V’
International Print Exhibition, Yunnan, China. 13th -23rd September 2008
‘BUILDING BLOCKS VIII’
50 x 200 cm scroll :
NEC, Birmingham, 11-14th Sept 2008
Alexandra Palace;
9-12th Oct 30th
RDS Dublin, Oct-2nd Nov
Harrogate International Centre 20th-23rd Nov 2008
‘BUILDING BLOCKS IV’in PRESENCE OF PLACE. The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria 13 September to 1 November 2008
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TURN THE PAGE...
2008 |
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| This is a book that explores issues around the 'page turn' in music manuscripts. The blind embossed manually controlled laser cut narrative is contemplative of the disruption introduced by the need to physically turn the page and attempts to eliminate this feature by fusing the bottom stave on the recto (right hand) page to the top stave of the verso (left hand) page. However, it introduces an alternate page turn illustrating the variety between different publishers and editions. The pages consist of paper of different materials and weights, which exemplify the acoustics generated by each page turn. Other factors in music publishing randomly appear during the performance of turning the page, i.e. copyright issues, additive percussive elements, distractions, white noise, enhancements, ornaments, marginalia, embellishments, improvisation, memorising music, redundancy of the page turner, electronic music scores with built-in page turns, pedalling etc. All the pages, though bound, may be re-mixed to any sequence by the reader to devise their own composition.
The book is accompanied by an audio recording of the page turn of the music manuscript (Beethoven’s Sonata in C-The Pathetique) which begins with the opening of the book followed by each page turn, while the playing is mimed in real time ending with the closing of the book.
‘Turn the Page…’ was originally designed for the exhibition ‘Book to Book’ at the Leeds Art Gallery March-April 2008
Previews of the book were also exhibited at the
• Bankside Gallery , London. February 2008
• Mall Galleries, London. February 2008
Subsequent exhibitions of the book were held at
• Surrey Artists Open Studios, Ochre Print Studio. Guildford. June 2008
• LOOP 2008 at the Menier Gallery. London. July 2008.
The book was placed at a disruption in the wall (transition of bare brick to plaster), where the viewer had to turn to read the piece. Two artist books were placed on a double sided swivelling music stand that could be turned around to view two books placed back to back.
Artist – Sumi Perera
Recording Artist – Samantha Fernando
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| EDUCATION MA 2004 Camberwell College, University of the Arts, London MPhil 1996 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London MSc 1994 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London MBBS 1983 Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka SELECTED CURRENT EXHIBITIONS -Off The Wall. RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery. London 9th July-22nd August 2010 -Bending More Lines. Collins Gallery, Glasgow. 10th July-28th August 2010 -RE Annual Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 7th May-6th June 2010 -London Original Print Fair. Royal Academy, London. 29th April-2nd May 2010 -Bending More Lines. Museum Rijswijk. Netherlands. 3rd April-16th May 2010 -Text. Seoul International Book Arts Fair. Seoul, Korea. May 2010 -14th International Biennial Print Exhibition, Taiwan, R.O.C. 30th May- mid July 2010 -Off The Wall. The Dreamspace, Old Street, London. 22nd March-11th April 2010 -The Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for the Artist Book. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt. 22April-14 May ’10 SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS -ORIGINALS 10. The Mall Galleries, London 23rd March-3rd April 2010 -The Mini Picture Show. Bankside Gallery. 10th December-4th February 2010 -1st Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics. Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 9th December-25th January 2010 -The Grand Plasto-Baader-Books. Kaleid. Unit 2, 23-25 Redchurch Streeat. 2nd-24th December 2009 -There Is Always A Way Around A Wall. The Artspace, Nicosia, Cyprus. 30th November -5th International Artist Book Triennial Vilnius 2009-Text. Art Centre Silkeborg, Denmark. 12th September-13th December 2009 -Prints for Peace. Galeria Leopoldo Carpinteyro de Relaciones Culturales, Hidalgo, Mexico. 8th September-30th October 2009 -RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 20th August-7th September ‘09 -Society of Bookbinders International Conference. Warwick University. 20th-23rd Aug ‘09 -Thoroughly Modern Dora. Willesden Green Library. 18th Aug-17th September ‘09 -Wonderland. V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London. 26th Sep ’09-10th Jan 2010 -The Mini Picture Show. Bankside Gallery. 10th December-4th February 2010 -The Grand Plasto-Baader-Books. Kaleid. Unit 2, 23-25 Redchurch Streeat. 2nd-24th December 2009 -There Is Always A Way Around A Wall. November. The Artspace. Nicosia, Cyprus. -Art@Baker Tilly. London Road, Guildford. October-December 2009 -Discerning Eye 2009. Mall Galleries. London. 12th -22nd November 2009 -London Artist Book Fair. Whitechapel Gallery. 25th-27th September 2009 -1st Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics. Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 9th December 2009 -Society of Bookbinders Exhibition. Birmingham Central Library. Chamberlain Square, Birmingham. 6th October-17th November 2009. -Society of Bookbinders Exhibition. George Bayntun Antiquarian Bookshop, Bath. 29th Aug-3rd October 2009 -5th International Artist Book Triennial Vilnius 2009-Text. Art Centre Silkeborg, Denmark. 12th September-13th December 2009 -Place, Identity & Memory. Stranraer Museum, Scotland 25th Sept-31st October 2009 -Prints for Peace. Galeria Leopoldo Carpinteyro de Relaciones Culturales, Hidalgo, Mexico. 8th September-30th October 2009 -Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist Book Award. NSW, Australia. 15th August -22nd September ‘09 -7th RWA Open Print Exhibition. Royal West of England Academy of Arts, Bristol 9th Aug-19th September -RE Summer Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London. 20th August-7th September ‘09 -Society of Bookbinders International Conference. Warwick University. 20th-23rd Aug ‘09 -Thoroughly Modern Dora. Willesden Green Library. 18th Aug-17th September ‘09 -Unsuppressed. SuperPress at Bristol School of Art & Design. UWE 29thJuly-31st Aug’09 -MIND THE GAP IX. Solo Window Showcase. Craft Central, Clerkenwell, London. 20th-26th July 2009. -ELEVEN - An ELP Exhibition. Bankside, London. 29th June – 5th July 2009 -Moving Patterns. Royal Geographic Society. Kensington Gore. London. May 2009 -Place, Identity & Memory. Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland, May-June ‘09 -BABE ‘09. Arnolfini, Bristol 3rd-4th April ‘09 -5th International Artist Book Triennial. Vilnius 2009. Touring: *Seoul dates to follow: *Leipzig Book Fair. Germany. 12th-15th March *Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania. 30th April -16th May -7th British International Mini Print Exhibition. London Print Studio. March ‘09 -11th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair, Parkinson Court, Univ. of Leeds. -COMPILATION:Three Exhibitions on Books. Worcester, Massachusetts Jan-Mar’09 -Bookends. Target Gallery & Pyramid Atlantic Art Centre, USA January-February ‘09 -A Book For A Lifetime. Artspace & Goethe-Zentrum, Cyprus. Nov- Dec ‘08 -Liverpool Artist Bookfair. Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool. 15th-16th November 2008 -10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair & Conference.USA 7-9th November 2008 www.bookartsfair.org/index.html -Urban Jungle. City Hall, Chamber Lobby, London. 1st -14th November 2008 www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/group_shows.htm -The British Sari Story. Charnwood Museum, Loughborough, Leicestershire 3rd Oct-30th Nov -SHELTER Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Gallery, Beverly, MA 6-31st October 2008 -Aberfeldy Artist Bookfair, Temple Gallery, Aberfeldy Perthshire 4-5th October 2008 -WONDERLAND. Fairytale Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. 15th June-17th August 2008 -5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Columbia College Chicago. 25th July-12th September 2008. -SHELTER; Touring the USA until 2009: Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA July 9- August 15 ‘08; -8th Mini Print International of Cadaque. Girona, Spain. 28th June-15th September. http://www.miniprint.org/in/inn.html -Vox Box. The Gallery, St George’s Hospital, London. 8th July-4th August 2008 -Carbon Footprint. Art Fellowship Challenge Exhibition. Lloyd Park Theatre, Walthamstow. 8th-30th July '08 2008 -Press & Release. Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. 24th May 2008. www.phoenixarts.org/exhibitions.htm -DeCarbonART. City Hall, Chamber Lobby, London. 18th May-10th June 2008 http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/city_hall/city_hall_exhibitions.jsp -SHELTER. Boston Book Arts. Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA. USA April 8-22 ‘08;Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD. May 9-June 19 http://fiberartcalls.blogspot.com/2008/01/shelter-juried-book-arts-exhibit.html -Glasgow International Artist Bookfair, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. 25-26th Apr’08 http://www.giab.org.uk/ -ScissorPaperStone. London Print Studio. Harrow Road, London 12th April ’08 www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/G3_forthcoming.html -Sitting Room. an exhibition of artists books. K Gallery of Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, California from 7th Mar- 27th April ’08. Next venue- Mexico City. -SMALL PRINT/Big Impression. Touring Show Gainsborough House, Sudbury, Suffolk. 19th Jan-22nd March ‘08 -ELP Box 2008 Broadway Bookshop. 3 April - 13 May 2008 www.broadwaybookshophackney.com -Rich and Strange. Hereford College of Arts. -TEN. Bankside Gallery, London. 10th Annual Exhibition of the ELP. 28th Jan-4th February’08 -Nine Printmakers Riverside Gallery, Hammersmith, London 4th -29th February 2008 (www.openaccessarts.eu/main.html 2007 -Tetovo 2007 4th Int. Biennial Mini Prints Exhibition, Museum of Tetovo. Republic of Macedonia. 4th Dec-4th Jan 2008 (http://mini-prints-biennial-tetovo.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-biennial-organizers.html ) -Freedom. Abolition of Slavery. 3rd -17th December ’07. University of Sunderland. -LAB (London Artist Bookfair) ’07. Institute of Contemporary Art London 23rd-25th Nov ‘07 -Babylon Lexicon/Nola Bookfair, New Orleans, LA, USA 10th November-8th December ‘07http://www.hotironpress.com/bookfairbabylonlexicon.htm - SMALL PRINT/Big Impression. The Avenue Gallery , University of Northampton. 1st -19th October 2007 http://www.northampton.ac.uk/news/release/?id=UON8004 -Manchester Artist Bookfair. Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University.29th Sept. -Bookmarks V Infiltrating Japan, UK, Poland, USA, Croatia and New Zealand. September ’07- February ’08. http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bkmks5/artists1/24.htm -The British Sari Story. Brent Museum. 27th Sept-30th Jan ’08 www.britishsaristory.org.uk/index.html -Rich and Strange. Flock Gallery Space, Newport School of Art Media and Design. Wales.4th Oct-4th Nov ’07 www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsdata.htm -Society of Bookbinders Conference, University of York. 9-12th August 2007. www.societyofbookbinders.com/events/events_frames.html -Multiple Views. Printmakers’ Council Exhibition. Ropewalk Gallery, Lincolnshire 14-25th August ‘07 -Sitting Room. Bookarts Symposium Winchester School of Art. 10th July-2nd August ’07 (http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsdata.htm ) -LOOP 2007. Bankside Gallery.10th-15th July ( http://www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/27217.htm ) -Abolition 2007. Circular Green, Morley College. 9th July-15th September ‘0707 www.london-se1.co.uk/whatson/event/2612/to-do-justly-to-love-mercy -Printmaking Show J:Akebono-so Gallery, Isesaki, Japan 15th June to 8th July ‘07 -Watermarks on Paper. Arts+Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT. USA June30-Aug 5 ‘07 www.allgallery.org/press/Watermarks/WatermarksPR.pdf www.allgallery.org/press/ -Suburban Landscape. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture. Barnet 19th June-30th Sept ‘07 http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/gardens%20pages/docs/sg%20leaflet%20outdoors.pdf http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/gardens%20pages/docs/artists.pdf http://artstream.mobi/mobile/artwork/117 -I Love Print. London Print Studio, Harrow Road. 3rd August-23rd September -Loveletter to London.City Hall 21st May-1st June’07. http://www.aktuelle-kunst-ev.de/elp/LovelettertoLondon_images.pdf -Lessedra Miniprint Annual &th June -31st August www.lessedra.com/artistinfo.php?artistid=187 -Wrexham Print International 2007. Wrexham Art Centre & Yale College 28th Apr-9th June’07 http://www.forumbookart.com/index.php?article_id=36&clang=1 -Regenerator, Altered Books. Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol.25th April-11th May ‘07 www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/regen/perera1.htm -6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition. Touring till 2007 in 6 venues in the UK & Northern Ireland (invited to show an additional large print to the two selected miniature prints)(www.dumgal.gov.uk/miniprint )Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland. 20th May -Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries,London. 12-17th February 2007 -Textual Healing, The Embassy, Edinburgh. 17th February-18th March 2007(www.embassygallery.co.uk) -Prints Tokyo 2007. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan. 6th -21st April ‘07 -Tactile, Otters Gallery, University of Chicester. 1st -24th March 2007 (www.chuin.ac.uk/ottergallery) -Inkubator. Edinburgh Printmakers , Union Street, Edinburgh. 17th March-5th May 2007(www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk) -10th International Contemporary Artists' Bookfair, Leeds University. 9-10th March 2007 -Bristol Artist Bookfair Event. BABE ?07.Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. 21st-22nd April 2007 -Wrexham Print International 2007. Wrexham Art Centre & Yale College 28th Apr-9th June?07 (www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/community/arts_centre/artscentretour/index.htm) -Loveletter to London. City Hall, London. 21st May-1st June 2007 -Suburban Landscape. Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture. Barnet 19th June-30th Sept ‘07 -LOOP at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London.10th-15th July 2007 -7th Helen Keller International Award Exhibition. Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde Glasgow 13th Jan-10th Feb ?07 - Sitting Room an exhibition of artists books. 1st-18th February '07.Permanent Gallery & Bookshop, Brighton(www.permanentgallery.com/). Alsager Arts Centre, 4th December-27th January www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk -Nine Printmakers, Riverside Gallery, Hammersmith, London (www.openaccessarts.eu) 15th January-25th Feb ?07 2006 -East London Printmakers Show. Menier Gallery, London. 4-9thDecember ?06 -Babylon Lexicon. Hot Iron Press, New Orleans Bookfair, LA, USA. 28th October ?06 -LAB ?06. London Artist Book Fair, ICA London 3rd-5th November 2006 (acquisition of Perception VI for the Tate Britain Special Collection.) -Dream Landings-A Public Art exhibition to celebrate Black History Month-2nd-29th October ?06. Bedding Department, John Lewis Store,Watford. (http://www.watfordjunction.org.uk/page_id__71.aspx) -1st Manchester Artist Book Fair. Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University 30th Oct -Year of the Dog Show ? Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow. 14th-26th August ?06 (www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/vestry_house/vestry_house.htm) -Bookmarks IV- Infiltrating USA, Europe and Australia 20th September-20th February ?07. -Bookmarked! Crockatt & Powell Bookshop, Waterloo. 30th Oct-25th November ?06. -Surface and Object. An Origin in Printmaking. Printmakers Council. Morley Gallery. London. 2nd-23rd November?06 (www.lcc.arts.ac/event_print_surface_object.htm) -Books ?06 / Interaction-22nd Sept ? 22nd Oct.Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia. -New Pages: An exhibition of artists' books at the Atski Gallery and the Art Library at University of Art and Design Helsinki, Hä¥entie 135 C, Helsinki, Finland. 13th-24th November ?06 -Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize Exhibition. 26th July-2nd September ?06 -BIMPE IV-The Fourth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. Federation Gallery, Vancouver. 6th -25th June ?06 (www.bimpe.com) -art of the STITCH 2006. International Biennial Exhibition. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 14th May -18th June ?06 The Hub, National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford. 7th July-28th August ?06 Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead. 17th September-19th November ?06 (http://www.embroiderersguild.com/whatson/artofthestitch2006/index.php) -5th Lessedra World Print Annual , Sofia Bulgaria. June ?06 (www.lessedra.com) -?4? Exhibition at the London Print Studio. 8th July-25th August ?06 -4th International Artist?s Book Exhibition 2006 The King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary. 20th May-September ?06 -The Sitting Room, Manchester Craft & Design Centre. An exhibition of artists Books. 20th May-15th July ?06 (www.craftanddesign.com) -Contemporary Prints by Artists from the Printmakers Council. New Arts Centre, Chatham, Kent. 1st-15th April ?06 -9th Contemporary Artists? Book Fair. Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax-11th March ?06 -?60 Square Inches? A Biennial NorthAmerican Exhibition.Purdue University.Feb?06 -juxtaBOX. Shoreditch Gallery, 5 Hoxton Market, London. www.arts.ac.uk/alumni/Bulletin/dec2005.htm) 9-28th January 2006 2005 - LAB ?05. (London Artists? Book Fair). Institute of Contemporary Art, London. UK. 25-27th November 2005. Awarded the Birgit Skiold Award for excellence in Book Arts. (www.marcuscampbell.co.uk) -Contemporary Prints3. London Print Studio, Harrow, London. 3rd Nov 2005- 28th January -Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery ? To Bare or Not To Bare. November 2005 - PrintROOM, Rotterdam. Inside Out. November 2005 -Bookmarks III: Infiltrating Kontakt,. 5th September 2005 - : Universitat der Kunste Gallery, Berlin, Germany Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum of Posnan), Poland Broekhuis Boekhandle, Enschede, The Netherlands Bower Ashton Library, University of West England, Bristol, UK. Moufflon Bookshop Nicosia, Cyprus Yale Centre for British Arts, USA University of Missouri Saint Louis USA Amherst College Library Amherst USA Martin County Library System Gallery, Fairmont Minnesota USA Tate Britain, Millbank, London, UK Bookartbookshop, London, UK -Primary Source. An exhibition of Artists Books. University of Warwick, Warwick. 26th Sept-21st October ?05(http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/staff/research/1742) -Hibrida II.( http://www.c-floorintheory.co.uk/Hibrida_Catalogue.pdf) Bradford and Czech Republic.7th May -2nd International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, South Korea, 3-8th June 2005 (Winner of the Grand Prize [1st prize & gold medal] with book titled: Clothes Encounters of the Third Kind. (www.bookarts.pe.kr/2005competition.htm) -Tate Britain (acquisition) in March 2005 of book & CD-ROM titled : 10-20 Sizing up the Opposition. -8th Contemporary Artists? Book Fair, Halifax. March 2005 2004 -LAB?04.London Artists? Book Fair, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Nov ?04 -?Clothes Show? (alternate construction of garments modelled on a catwalk) Palace Strand Hotel, The Strand, London. November 2004 -Spread the Word Headquarters. 77 Lambeth Walk, London Solo Show:?Window Dressing? September 2004 January 2005(www.spreadtheword.org.uk) -Opening of the Book, Camberwell College, University of the Arts, Peckham Road, London. July 2004.Camberwell College Library, Peckham Road ? July 2004 (acquisition) ?To Bare or not To Bare? and ?The Countess and the Housewife? -Projet Mobilivre Bookmobile 2004/2005 ? Canada & USA ? ?Cracking the Dress Code?. (http://www.mobilivre.org/en/collec.html) -1st International Book Fair, Seoul, Korea - June 2004 -Tate Britain-March 2004 (acquisition):To Bare or Not To Bare, Outside In & Against the Grain. -7th Contemporary Artist?s Book Fair, Halifax ? March 2004 -?Obscure? Bexley Hall, Kent. ?June 2004 2003 -Text, Textiles and Textures. Ley Hill Memorial Hall: 15th June 2003 -?To Fly or Not to Fly? Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Headquarters, Slimbridge Gloucestershire. Embroiderers? Guild, President?s Cup Embroidery - 2002 -National Quilt Championships, Ascot July 2001 |
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| FUTURE EXHIBITIONS -Dreams. Freud Museum, London. 2nd March-10th April 2011 -NSA Print Show-The Engine Room-Exchange Gallery. Penzance April/May 2011 -Wharepuke Print Gallery. Bay of Islands New Zealand. March 2011 -Follow-Ed. Winchester Gallery. Winchester School of Art. January-March 2011 -FLUXUS-POST-FLUXUS. The Art Space, Nicosia, Cyprus. 1st-20th November 2010 -A4 Printmakers Competition. Open Space Galleries. Cornwall 5th -9th October 2010 -Text. Scuola Internationale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy. October 2010 -The Suite of Lights. Pushkin House. London. August 2010 -European International Bookart Biennale. Art Museum Satu-Mare Romania. 6thAug-Sept 2010 -RE Summer Exhibition.- Off The Wall, Bankside Gallery. London 9thJuly-22nd August 2010 -TWELVE. Triangle Gallery. Space, Mare Street, London. 14th-20th July 2010 -Hortensia Gallery. Chelsea & Kensington College, London. 9th -24th July 2010 -ORIGINALS 10. The Mall Galleries, London 23 March-3 April 2010 -13thInternational Contemporary Artists’ BookFair. University of Leeds 12th-13th March 2010 -Text. Gallery ”Hubner Bookform”, Halmsted, Sweden. February-March 2010 24 SELECTED ARTIST BOOKS HELD IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS. Tate Britain : 1,2,3,5,11 & 20 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery : 1 PrintROOM – Rotterdam : 3 & 4 Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London : 1 & 9 Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collection : 1 & 11 Yale Centre for British Art : 16 & 20 Southern Cross University Artist Book Collection, NSW, Australia : 23 1. TO BARE OR NOT TO BARE The contradictory needs of revelation and concealment of parts of the body, by its adherence to the seductive principle of dress, are explored within the female form via a male gaze. This book unfolds multiple narratives of ‘Topless Garments’, through various temporal and cultural perspectives, dependent on size, shape and style. 2. aGAINST tHE gRAIN The defiance of convention in dress and book design is used to explore the male issue of clothing through a female gaze. The transience and permanence of material and style (fashion, fads & foibles) is illustrated in the ephemeral methods of instruction and construction of clothing via the media. 3. OUTSIDE IN A book of blank pages that has to be undressed to reveal a boustrophedon reading of the direction, technological progress to construct and reproduce the human body is taking. Is it forwards or backwards? 4. OBSCURE Etymologically the words shoe and obscure share a link, an ironic reference to the functionality of footwear. The sensibilities of adorning tools of torture (from poulaines to pattens, through winklepickers to stilettos) that inflict permanent deformities on our weight bearing extremities are questioned. Is escape from this vicious cycle/circus possible? 5. 10 to 20 – SIZING UP THE OPPOSITION A Book and CD-ROM featuring an enquiry into sizing ourselves in response to the conflicting messages issued by the manipulators of dress style, the media and fashion industry. Do humans cut the cloth to fit their bodies or tailor their bodies to fit the clothing? 6. CAST OFFS A book of photo-etched images depicting aspects of knitting, taken from archival records and my own knitting paraphernalia. The row by row construction of patterns in knitwear is similar to the way that letters, words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters form the semantics in books. Stopping at an inappropriate place, to resume later, can affect the smooth continuity of both processes and markers help to pick up the threads. Selected image fragments have been taken for the Bookmarks III project, to address how selection of detail results in loss of context. (touring exhibition -The Sitting Room, UK, Europe, USA & Mexico) 7. TO WHAT LENGTHS DO WOMEN/WE MEN GO TO? A white scroll of embossed images featuring dressmaking patterns published in 19th century men’s fashion magazines and the interactive gaze between the two sexes. Text as perforations and elements of sewing as hidden watermarks requires light to ease the reading. 8. CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS All human cultures adorn their bodies with clothes. This marks the boundary between the private and public space, which forms a personal habitus. Constantly we are informed as to how and what to wear by seen and unseen forces. The readymade tailored garments beg us to slip into predetermined sizes irrespective of the genetic makeup that has designed our body shapes and sizes. The amount of skin/flesh that maybe revealed or concealed shifts through temporal and cultural perspectives, again dictating what form of clothing is acceptable. This book explores the social currency that clothes hold in establishing the dialogue between the wearer and viewer. Etched images of mannequins unfold against a backdrop of embossed dress patterns and stitch related words rendering a tactile reading. Stitched words are unpicked and the memory is left behind (perforations made by the needle marks allow light to filter through to give another narrative). There are multiple readings throughout the book as exists within the hieroglyphics that evolve within encounters with clothes. (4.5m long book exhibited in a touring show of the UK titled: art of the STITCH and the Wrexham Print International. Variations on the theme also shown in the 5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Chicago; The Knitting and Stitching Show: touring NEC Birmingham /Alexandra Palace, London/RDS, Dublin/Harrogate International Centre ). 9. THE COUNTESS AND THE HOUSEWIFE1 A book that attempts to blur the boundaries between the superstar status of fine art and the low profile of craft, while also comparing the hierarchy within the crafts. 1. housewife : a small sewing kit issued to soldiers. 10. THE GLASS CEILING A book constructed in glass reflecting on the gender disparity and discrimination within the workplace. 11. PERCEPTION A series of books that explore the varying perceptions that individuals have of reading the same material. Originally designed for the perception of deafblindness, variations on this theme forms a multipart interactive set of books that is completed by multiple readers. [Exhibited at the 7th Helen Keller International Award, PMC show, Tactile at Otter Gallery, University of Chichester] 12. READING The reader is invited to read between the lines of a set of his and hers pillowbooks that addressed the gender disparity in the recognition of scientific and medical achievements, while reflecting on different cultural references. (Designed for a Public Art Exhibition in the bedding department of John Lewis to celebrate Black History month). 13. PLEATS DID NOT PLEASE ME An abstract reflection on the gendered disparate elements of school uniforms in Sri Lanka. Girls wore white starched pressed pleated dresses while boys wore coloured separates, shorts and shirts. 14. TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION Reflects on the dialogue between the shop window mannequin and the flaneur. 15. A TALE OF A DOBE An enquiry into how pets are tailored and manipulated to satisfy human requirements and specifications. This book lays out Dobermann Pinscher Breed Standards and questions what is acceptable through different temporal and cultural frameworks. Docking dogs’ tails and cropping their ears are prohibited in certain countries. The breeding of an albino dobe resulted in the weakening of the species and the untimely death due to disease. The book consists of nine loose pages, the control of the sequence and the layout is handed to the reader. [Exhibited at the Vestry House Museum and Tactile, Otter Gallery,Univ. of Chichester] 16. THROUGH THE PINHOLE Presented in the style of a Victorian Box Camera, this book contains a series of vintage photo backs, signifying the status of the sitter and the studio. The book reflects nostalgically on the era of the staged photo, which has now been replaced by the instant & constant snapping of mobile phones. 17. THE POCKET DIARY This altered book examines the neologisms that are absorbed into the fabric of language, as George and Weedon Grossmith’s Diary of a Nobody is converted into an abridged, illustrated quick read. 18. MARGINALIA - FLT Marginalia pays homage to Fermat’s Last Theorem, one of the most significant notes made on the margin of any book,. This 10-page book, with an uncoated margin running along its cover, is held together by a single brass screw post and may be either flipped or splayed. 19. BOOKMARXS This collection of bookmarks explore how Marxist ideology is dissipated throughout academic literature. Detailing over 100 various editions of Marx’s writings, the reader is asked to question how much of Marx’s works, outside of the famous few (The Communist Manifesto, Das Capital, for example) actually impact on modern social discourses. 20. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX A puzzle to test lateral thinking, is blind embossed on sixteen pages. The narrative unfolds the reading mechanics of artist books. 21. TURN THE PAGE… Explores issues around the page turn in music manuscripts: disruption, additive percussive elements, acoustics, copyrights etc.(includes an audio recording of page turns between different publishers, editions etc). [exhibited at the BOOK TO BOOK Leeds Art Gallery] 22. THE CARBON FOOTPRINT Footprints collected from global citizens (animate/inanimate) from all the continents to reflect on environmental issues (Climate Change exhibition at CarbonArt City Hall, Mayor’s Office, London; Art Fellowship Challenge Exhibition) 23. BUILDING BLOCKS An etched, embossed, stitched and laser cut book, employing the laser beam as drawing tool manually controlled randomly over the turned page. A reflection on the space in architecture and its social consequences. Embossed and stitched pages. (Melville Charitable Trust Award (1st prize) at SHELTER, Massachusetts, USA, touring till 2009; Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist Book Award. NSW, Australia August 2009; also shown in the 5th International Columbia Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Chicag; The Knitting and Stitching Show: touring NEC Birmingham /Alexandra Palace, London/RDS, Dublin/Harrogate International Centre; Yunnan Print International, China ) 24. WHAT GOES AROUND MUST COME AROUND The cyclical nature of fashioning the body silhouette over the ages. --ALL PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY SUMI PERERA © 2006 |
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