This is the Dutch edition of “Japanese Artists’ Book Then and Now,” a 2019 title that explores the evolution of art books in Japan through the words of creators. This year’s event will showcase interview videos with leaders of modern Dutch publishing culture on how they first discovered the print media scene, their raw experiences and how those experiences led to their current work, and the various print media that inspired them. Interviewees will share their personal experiences as they discuss the path of Dutch publishing’s extraordinary progress, the relationship between artists, designers, and bookstores, the unique ideas that the platform of print media makes possible, as well as the role of creativity at the height of today’s COVID crisis.
Participating Artists & Designers
Armand Mevis & Linda van Deursen（Mevis & Van Deursen）
Christien Meindertsma
Erik Kessels
Experimental Jetset
Hans Gremen (Fw: books)
Irma Boom
Mevis & Van Deursen
Jan Voss (Boekie Woekie)
Karel Martens
Klara van Duijkeren & Vincent Schipper (Studio The Future)
Mark Manders
Roger Willems (Roma Publications)
Ruth van Beek
©︎ Shinji Otani