Fotobokfestival at Grafills hus: Join for two exciting workshops!
Gå til innholdetGrafill is proud to host Fotobokfestival in Oslo again this year, who offers two interesting workshops about the art of photobooks at our facilities.
Fotobokfestival Oslo
Fotobokfestival Oslo is an annual event which aims to explore the photo book as an artistic medium and phenomenon. The festival was established by Forbundet Frie Fotografer (FFF) in 2009. Since its beginning, it has continued to feature widely recognized art photographers and young, new participants in photography, the photo book genre and publishing activity nationally and internationally. The festival is organized and shown in Oslo and is free and open for all. Also connected to the festival is a satellite program where relevant participants participate to the festival with their own events.
Forbundet Frie Fotografer
The Norwegian Association of Fine Arts Photographers (FFF) was initiated and established by Knut Evensen and Robert Meyer in 1974, in a time when lens-based art sought to be acknowledged as an artistic medium. FFF has since become a nationwide members' association dedicated to focused efforts for its members via art politics and art education, and through communicating the importance of art photography in Norway.
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Workshop in Oslo #1
From flat sheet to structure: introduction to bookbinding
By: Rahel Zoller
Location: Grafill
Saturday 02.09
10.00 - 13.00
Participation fee: 600 NOK / 300 NOK FFF members
Maximum participation numbers: 12
To sign up, email ane@fffotografer.no (first come first serve)
The workshop will provide instruction on how to create a variety of different binding styles such as an instant book, a 3-hole pamphlet and a dos-à-dos 5-hole pamphlet binding. During this introduction participants will create various binding styles and learn to work with needle and thread and the properties of paper. Examples of artists’ books with related techniques will be shown to demonstrate the multifaceted utility of these simple yet effective bindings.
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Workshop in Oslo #2
Paper, binding, size and function. How can an appendix be added to the photobook?
By: Rahel Zoller
Location: Grafill
Sunday 03.09
10.00 - 14.00
Participation fee: 1000 NOK / 600 NOK FFF members
Maximum participation numbers: 12
To sign up, email ane@fffotografer.no (first come first serve)
An appendix allows extra or bonus material that isn't included in the main body of the book to be incorporated. During this workshop participants will look at different samples and explore various concepts on how an appendix can be used. People are encouraged to bring and work with their own materials and leave with a physical collection of dummies.
Participants will be contacted in advance of the workshops with instructions on what image material to bring.
Rahel Zoller lives and works in London as an Artist, Book Arts and Design Specialist and Educator. She studied at Goldsmiths and University of the Arts London.
Since October 2015, Zoller has been a member of ABC (Artists’ Books Cooperative) Rahel specialises in artists’ books which explore concepts of language, translation, reading and writing as well as the interaction between user, creator and society.