It's April and Spring is here! Yeah! What is more fun than some great little events like the International Edible Book Festival and book arts celebrating all "Good Eats!". April 1st is the birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. April fools' day is also the perfect day to eat your words and play with them as the "books" are consumed on the day of the event. This ephemeral global banquet, celebrated by many book arts centers across the country and abroad, in which anyone can participate, is shared by all on the internet and allows everyone to preserve and discover unique bookish nourishments. This festival is a celebration of the ingestion of culture and a way to concretely share a book; it is also a deeper reflexion on our attachment to food and our cultural differences.
The International Edible Book Festival is a creation of Judith A. Hoffberg and Béatrice Coron. Judith got the idea over a Thanksgiving turkey with book artists in 1999, and Béatrice created Books2Eat website where despite the
distances everybody can enjoy worldwide's creations. They contacted friends and colleagues; their first event happened in 2000. Since then the festival continues as an annual sensation. Check out images at www.books2eat.com.
The Kalamazoo Book Arts Centers coordinated with their annual exhibition of "Good Eats" that showcases the work of artists whose work centers on the idea of food! What a great idea! (Also, the writer of this blog is doing some shameless self-promotion!) It's a great way to start the fun month of April by having your cake or book and eating it too! Check out all great fun things at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center at www.kalbookarts.org. Their next exhibition is also a fun one with all entries based on the accordion book structure. It's entitled "The Illustrated Accordion" and presents all wonderful examples of accordion books. One entry has been an accordion structure book about the accordion. It's always fun to view the entries online and expands the viewer's awareness of all things folded and pleated.
So, here's to a fun-filled month with books to eat and words to swallow!
The International Edible Book Festival is a creation of Judith A. Hoffberg and Béatrice Coron. Judith got the idea over a Thanksgiving turkey with book artists in 1999, and Béatrice created Books2Eat website where despite the
distances everybody can enjoy worldwide's creations. They contacted friends and colleagues; their first event happened in 2000. Since then the festival continues as an annual sensation. Check out images at www.books2eat.com.
The Kalamazoo Book Arts Centers coordinated with their annual exhibition of "Good Eats" that showcases the work of artists whose work centers on the idea of food! What a great idea! (Also, the writer of this blog is doing some shameless self-promotion!) It's a great way to start the fun month of April by having your cake or book and eating it too! Check out all great fun things at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center at www.kalbookarts.org. Their next exhibition is also a fun one with all entries based on the accordion book structure. It's entitled "The Illustrated Accordion" and presents all wonderful examples of accordion books. One entry has been an accordion structure book about the accordion. It's always fun to view the entries online and expands the viewer's awareness of all things folded and pleated.
So, here's to a fun-filled month with books to eat and words to swallow!
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