Thursday, September 1, 2011

Artists Hijack the Espresso Book Machine

As this article in the Deseret News attests, you can't stop artists from manipulating the world around them for their creative outlet. The Espresso Book Machine at Marriott Library is yet another example of technology and materials repurposed to create new forms of art. The recently approved Book Arts certificate at the University of Utah, lead by the Library's Book Arts Program, will greatly benefit from this relatively inexpensive publishing tool. To get your own creative juices flowing, check out the Artists Books housed in the Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture's Showcase Collection and in the Rare Books division of Special Collections.