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Show 'I HE l OOK AR.TS PROGRAM Books are numinous. We see it again and Perhaps it's a combination of such elements. again - the power books have to stimulate the Perhaps it is something impossible to define - imagination. Books form intersections between an ineffable rela,tionship between an individual a cultural consciousness and a unique sense of and a book. self, between an author and a reader. In the midst of an electronic revolution, we People love to hold books, to turn them are witnessing a renaissance of interest in books around in their hands, to open the cover with and in the art of bookmaking. It is as if there anticipation, as if embarking upon an adventure. exists a collective desire-stronger than ever- What is the attraction that draws us to the form for the magical, the numinous, qualities of the of the book? Is it the sensation of running one's physical book. fingers across smooth leather, handmade paper, It is from this deeply rooted appreciation of or letterpressed type? The mysterious presence the book that the Book Arts Program was born of an ancient text written by hand? The evoca- in 1995. Under the auspices of the Rare Books tive personality of a contemporary artist's book? Division, the Program offers classes, workshops, |
