‘The Book Dispersed’ – exhibition in Portugal features Dr Sharon Kivland’s work

The Book Dispersed is an exhibition curated by Media Instáveis (Unstable Media) taking place at two venues in Porto between 24 September and 28 October 2017. As part of this, Dr Sharon Kivland (Reader of Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University) has been asked to display her work.

The Book Dispersed
24 September 2017 – 28 October 2017
Case das Artes and Sput&nik The Window
Porto
Private viewing 23 September 2017

The Book Dispersed is an exhibition that creates a space for practitioners to come together, read, think and discuss a highly significant aspect of contemporary visual culture, i.e. the rich and diverse methods found in books produced by artists.

In the 1960s and 1970s the artists’ book came to be seen as an alternative, democratic platform largely free from commercial and/or institutional control, which could be accessed in the private sphere. With the rapid development of digital technology and the consequent rise of the internet one might have expected the book to have become less relevant as an artistic medium, yet this has not come to pass. That digital technology has made it easier and less costly for artists to produce and distribute their work worldwide is certainly a contributing factor, but given its creative potential, couldn’t the artists’ book also provide a format that not only challenges exhibition norms, but actually expands their horizons?
The Book Dispersed

Find the Facebook event for the exhibition here.

Find out more about Sharon Kivland’s work here.

Dr Sharon Kivland is a Reader in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University.