The artists’ association AMBruno focuses on developing and promoting the book as a key medium in art. Founded in 2008, the group’s members change with each new project, where artists create books based on a specific theme each year.
In 2024, an open call invited artists to create books exploring the theme 'Intervals.' This could refer to an intervening time, a pause or break, a gap between two things, or the difference in pitch between two sounds.
Fourteen artists were selected for this project by Sarah Bodman, an artist and scholar from the Centre for Print Research at UWE Bristol.
The fourteen artists are Karen Blake, Helen Douglas, David Howes, Julie Johnstone, Philip Lee, Sophie Loss, John McDowall, Alastair Noble, Redell Olsen, Ximena Pérez Grobet, Peter Rapp, Rachel Smith, Elisabeth Tonnard and Maria White.
A panel conversation with AMBruno artists and past project selectors, including Gustavo Grandal Montero, Elizabeth James, Sophie Loss, Richard Price, Chris Taylor and Cally Trench, will discuss Intervals in the context of the group’s history.
The reading rooms will also host a Show and Share, displaying a selection of books from AMBruno’s projects, 2012-2024, including works by Mette-Sofie Ambeck, Martha Hellion, Erica Van Horn, Susan Johanknecht, Sharon Kivland, Katharine Meynell, Colin Sackett, and many others.
Programme
13.30 Display opens
14.00 Welcome
14.10-15.30 Panel conversation, followed by Q&A
16.00-17.00 Show and Share
17.30 Display closes