CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS BOOKS CONFERENCE
New York City | October 2-3 2009


ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

In collaboration with Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair, the Art Libraries Society of New York (ARLIS/NY) announces a conference on contemporary artists' books. The program will include speakers, panels, artists' presentations, and receptions. The conference focuses on recent developments in artists' books. Sessions this year focus on zines, data-oriented artists' books, reprints, print on demand, and criticism. These and other themes are intended to encourage dialog amongst scholars, collectors, artists, and librarians.

The Conference will be held on the third floor of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS (a detailed description of the sessions is here):

Empirical Experience: The Artist, Information, and the Book / moderator: Matthew Carson
Furthering the Critical Dialogue: / moderator: Tony White
Is Print Really Dead? Artists (Still) Making Books / moderator: Carol Rusk
Print On Demand First-Hand / moderator: Jennifer Tobias
Zines : Institutional Collecting, Zine Makers, and the Fine Line of Art / moderators: Deirdre Lawrence & Ryan Haley
KEYNOTE: Maria Eichhorn, Hans Haacke, and Seth Siegelaub in Conversation With Christophe Cherix


For a detailed description of the Conference sessions, see here

Support for the keynote generously provided by David Teiger.
Hotel accomodations for the keynote presentation were generously provided by Millenium Partners.