Gillian Mciver

PROSPERO’S LIBRARY

http://www.prospero-library.com/


‘narratology’, DETAIL. BOOK ART INSTALLATION 2011

Late April 2011 I brought the book art project PROSPERO’S LIBRARY to London. I made a book installation (this is a small detail) and we presented a lot of wonderful artist-books in the show. A great experience.

I love books, LOVE them, and this installation was about transfiguring and transforming old redundant books into art rather than pulping of throwing them away.


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Published by Gillian Mciver

The Art Traveller is my blog, where I write about travelling the world and looking at art. I'm interested in how the environment and history of a place affect how we see art. My work includes documentary film-making, short films and artists' video, often exploring historical events or places. My interest in art history and film led me, in 2016 to write "Art History for Filmmakers" published by Bloomsbury Press, a book exploring how filmmakers can and do use paintings from the past to inspire and create visual story telling.