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BBruno's new book project for 2019 was five books made in response to the theme of 'From this to there: the transition from the surface of book and paper to the boundless expanses of time and event in nature'. BBruno is an offshoot of AMBruno, which for this collection was made up of five artists: Judy Goldhill, Philip Lee, Sophie Loss, John McDowall, and Cally Trench.

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BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair, London, 2019

From this to there, together with a selection of other recent book works by BBruno members, opened at the New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 (20 to 22 September 2019), organised by Printed Matter. Thank you to the BBruno team who accompanied the books to New York: Judy Goldhill, Philip Lee, John McDowall and Sophie Loss.

The collection was also shown at the Small Publishers Fair at Conway Hall, London (15 to 16 November 2019), along with other recent books by members of BBruno. The Small Publishers Fair included a performance by Cally Trench and Philip Lee: in 'Faithful and Obedient', they evoked a catwalk with a difference, a reflection on what is traditionally worn at a wedding, based on Cally's book A follower of holy and godly matrons.

The five From this to there books, along with other recent books by Judy Goldhill, Philip Lee, Sophie Loss, John McDowall, and Cally Trench, were also shown at VOLUMES 2019, which took place at the Kunsthalle in Zürich from 29 November to 1 December 2019.

Judy Goldhill, Elemental

Judy Goldhill - Elemental (2019)

Judy Goldhill - Elemental On 17th August 2017, a ripple in space-time was detected as gravitational waves passing through our planet. Terrestrial and space telescopes revealed that two city-sized neutron stars collided at one third of the speed of light, producing a kilonova. The universe turned matter into gold. Open edition of signed copies, over-sewn at the spine, foil blocking and die cutting on covers and pages, folding outer case.

Philip Lee's Constellations

Philip Lee's Constellations (2019)

Philip Lee's Constellations Traditional maps of the constellations in the night sky often show the pattern of stars superimposed onto a drawing of the mythological or astrological figure that gave the constellation its name. Philip Lee's Constellations opens to reveal a folded glossy coloured sheet: accurate maps of eleven constellations reinterpreted and renamed by performance artist Philip Lee. In each photograph he is naked and wearing (or holding) a single object, in poses that are as good a match as the traditional versions of these constellations. Photographs by Cally Trench. Edition of 25, laser-printed paper map glued inside an inkjet-printed Hades Grey paper cover.

Sophie Loss, When skies and sea spilt

Sophie Loss - When skies and sea spilt (2019)

Sophie Loss - When skies and sea spilt What if a postcard of John Constable's ominous sky and sea met with an accident? And the sky and sea could not be contained any more, sheets of blank paper were soaked, smooth surfaces became wavy, swollen and buckled, and so reflecting the atmospheric painting? Ten varying printed double-sided sheets and accompanying card.

John McDowall, Folio

John McDowall - Folio (2019)

John McDowall - Folio The phrases of written text in Folio appear to allude to the book's material form and to the turning of the pages, reflecting the words' own presence on the page and the movement of the reading of those pages. Two further lines refer to a site (a polar sea) beyond the book, and so with this shift there is a coming together of an awareness of the book in hand, and of another place - a coalescence of the aspect and the motion of paper, book, ship and waves. Open edition, sewn pamphlet of 12 pages plus cover, laser print on 120gsm Fabriano Ecological.

Cally Trench, WE SHALL MEET AGAIN

Cally Trench - WE SHALL MEET AGAIN (2019)

Cally Trench - WE SHALL MEET AGAIN A catalogue of late-Victorian and early-Edwardian hands motifs on gravestones. The bereaved would, as now, choose a design, and the printed image on paper became a carved message in stone. One symbol favoured by the newly-widowed was two right hands - one female, one male - touching for the last time, sometimes accompanied by the words 'WE SHALL MEET AGAIN': a confident promise of reunion as the beloved left this everyday world for the unknowable and immeasurable expanse beyond death. Cally Trench has [re-]created this catalogue by making drawings from fifteen gravestones dated 1890-1916. Edition of 25, hand-sewn, printed on watercolour paper.

BBruno
at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

Photographs: Judy Goldhill, Sophie Loss and Philip Lee

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno at The New York Art Book Fair 2019

BBruno
at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Photographs: Judy Goldhill and Cally Trench

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Cally Trench and Philip Lee
'Faithful and Obedient'
at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Cally Trench and Philip Lee, 'Faithful and Obedient' at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Photographs: Judy Goldhill

Cally Trench and Philip Lee, 'Faithful and Obedient' at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Cally Trench and Philip Lee, 'Faithful and Obedient' at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Cally Trench and Philip Lee, 'Faithful and Obedient' at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

Cally Trench and Philip Lee, 'Faithful and Obedient' at the Small Publishers Fair 2019

BBruno at VOLUMES 2019
Zürich

BBruno at Volumes 2019

Photographs: Judy Goldhill

BBruno at Volumes 2019

BBruno at Volumes 2019

BBruno at Volumes 2019

BBruno at Volumes 2019

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