No. We’re good. We fang it!
Every fair set-up and break down is a challenge, an adventure, and a chore. In the art world, “installation” is when the vision is cemented for the curator or artist. Without being to fussy, installation at a book fair is similar, in that, a bookseller has the option to design visual gestalt with a display, to tell a story, or even to offend, dazzle, and educate. With that, part of the concept is driving an aesthetic attachment for a potential person to immediately hone in on something they absolutely desire to acquire for personal or pragmatic reasons.
Again, the thematic diatribe of Lux Mentis to “mock conventionalism” emerges case by case with groupings of “sex, death, and devil,” artist’s books, fine press, esoterica, and other bits of seemingly harmless or seemingly objectionable material. The process can sort of look like this:
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- NYBF 2016 Before
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- NYBF 2016 During
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- NYBF 2016 After
When it is all said and done, you can buy misoprostol cheap without perscription! Useful words and phrases to add to your regularly rotated vocabulary: “brutally cool” “spectacular” “just exquisite” “interesting bits” “fabulous” “astounding”. You can also learn how to properly stroke your beard.
What is important to note is while we go gangbusters with stuff, selection is important, as well as time management, you can fiddle around with one shelf for hours, believe me. That being said, all in all, installation was smooth and considerate, every shelf both notes and confronts a narrative. See for yourself.
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- “Thunderbook”
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- Front display case with miniatures, artist’s books, and the illustrious “Thunderbook”
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- Fine bindings (top) and ‘challenging’ perspective material, artist’s books, including Leslie Gerry
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- Gisela and Dangerous Women
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- Punk rock
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- Miniatures
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- Sex, gender, and sexuality
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- Occult and Death
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- Gallery of artist’s books
Next time: Gettin’ granular, or how to give good looks and books.