Artist book reading: 2/1/09

Dates and Deadlines:
– All submissions must be made electronically to artistbookreading@gmail.com by February 1, 2009
– Artists will be notified by e-mail of the jury’s decisions by March 1, 2009.
– The reading will take place at the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection in Chicago on March 28, 2009 from 10 am to 3pm.

Jury:
The jury will be made up of Chicago artists. They will be looking for unique, well-crafted book works as well as good solutions to presenting these works which will best communicate their content and uniqueness.

What to send
For each submission include:
1) A Word or PDF document including in this order:
– your name
– your e-mail
– your phone number
– an artists’ statement specifically about this work and it’s content
– a detailed description of your proposed reading presentation including any special technical or other needs (projectors, audio equipment, lighting ...)

2) A Word or PDF document of the text that you will read:
– Each reader will have 6-10 minutes to read/present. Please be sure that your presentation fits into this time frame.
– If you are proposing to read a portion of a larger work, include all or enough of the larger work, with the section that you plan to read highlighted, so that the jury can better understand the entire work and your presentation.

3) Images of the bookwork:
– Images should be jpeg, 5”x7”, 150dpi.
– Include up to 5 images of the bookwork clearly showing the content, structure, and how they are related to and will be a part of your proposed presentation of the work for this reading.

4) Send all submissions to artistbookreading@gmail.com by the February 1, 2009 deadline. We will e-mail you to confirm receipt your submission.

5) Questions? E-mail us at artistbookreading@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to respond quickly and completely.