msdm a nomadic house-studio-gallery for photographic art and curatorial research, an expanded practice of the artist's book, photobook publishing and peer-to-peer collaboration created by contemporary artist paula roush

The expanded practice of the artist’s book: 
Immersion in the artist’s museum


essay + companion flipbook

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How do we recognise an artist’s book when it becomes an expanded practice?
Is the same method of sourcing, research and display of materials used in books and collections alike?
Can the space where the book is made and exhibited be considered an artist’s museum?
These were Francisco Varela initial questions when he saw the Blackchapel bookwork at
msdm 
house-studio-gallery in London. 

First section of the essay explores the “expanded” characteristics of the artist’s book, probing whether
this notion is extensible to the activity of space production practiced 
by paula roush at her house–studio–gallery,
an activity which is unique to and inseparable from her 
live-work method. These artistic methodologies are clarified
within an interdisciplinary 
framework that includes the concepts of  “autoethnography,” “space–time sequence”
and “contemporaneity.”
Second section explores the notion of “dispositif,” with the intention to reveal the multiple structuring elements
of a live–work practice here called “immersive.”
Third section analyses the “museographic” process inherent to the space, a practice associated to the house–studio–gallery.
This live–work–curation method is identified in 
relation to various museological frameworks that are exercised in that space.

The companion flipbook is an experimental translation of the video-essay "The expanded practice of the artist’s book: Immersion in the artist’s museum'  [Francisco Varela, Video HD,11m 05”, English] into the flipbook format.


Francisco Varela is an architect, photographer, creator of artists’ books, a creative practice characterised by a reflection on notions of  ‘curating’ and  ‘territory’.
He is associated with the Fine Arts School University of Porto, 
and author of the photobooks  beautiful plateau (Pierrot le Fou, 2019) and Memoria Liquida (FV, 2021).


TITLE WORK: The expanded practice of the artist’s book
Immersion in the artist’s museum

AUTHOR: Francisco Varela
MEDIUM: Two companion books, essay and flipbook
PAGES: 184  + 380
DIMENSIONS: 20,3 cm x 12,7 cm 
PAPER: Recycled Natural 135 gsm
BINDING: perfect bound
PROCESS: HP Indigo 
COLOUR: Black & white
EDITION: Paperback
DESIGN: mobile studio

PUBLISHER: msdm publications
PUBLICATION DATE: 2022
Published on the occasion of the  exhibition +
conference: 
Virtual Museums
An inquiry into virtual art / 
institutions
& communities

August 15-17 2022 Queen’s University, 
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
Kingston Canada

 
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paula roush   :::   paularoush@gmail.com
msdm studio :::      msdm@msdm.org.uk