I’ll be chairing a guided discussion at the Action/Interaction Book/Art conference in Chicago in June. You can find out all about it here. Preparations are well under way for it, and I’m looking forward to having a room full of people to interact with on the topic of my research. Here’s how I’m written up:

Guided Discussions 2: Saturday 1:30 – 2:15

2A: Beyond Artifacts: Book Arts as Practice – Andrew Eason, University of West England

How can different roles and practices within the book arts, rather than the identification of formal elements of value within its artifacts, provide a framework to engage with the field? How might we think about the artist’s actions and intentions instead of focusing just on the resulting artifact? How does this reshape our understanding of the field as a place for action, both for the artist and the reader?