AMBruno
Lines

AMBruno returned to the London Art Book Fair at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (13 to 15 September 2013) with a new book collection: on the theme of Lines, to be taken in whichever direction wished.

The books were also presented at the By Leaves We Live Book Fair - a celebration of artists' books and small presses, at the Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh (Saturday 26 October 2013).

There were thirteen Lines books by thirteen artists.

Marco Calí - No Exit Lines The book as theatre, placed square before you. Open each cover, curtains unveil the scene, first left and then right. A set of instructions revealed, a colour hue whispers for each part. You are actor, director, producer, audience. The drama begins. Open edition. Giclée print on 300gsm photo rag.

Manya Doñaque - Hair lines I am interested in rituals, performance and the passing of time. For this book I have collected in a manner of a diary, a diary of my aging process in the form of organic lines - the remains in the sink after brushing my hair every morning for the period of a week. Edition of 5.

Kathryn Faulkner - GOD'S RAYS GOD'S RAYS overlays two different sets of handmade lines that combine to challenge the fundamental rules of photography. No lens, no viewfinder, no compositional aides, and lots of movement during lengthy exposures whilst pointing the camera to the sun, can lead to surprising results. Edition of 6 + 1AP. Ink drawings and inkjet prints.

Judy Goldhill - Sprite Strike Strike Sprite Amorphous things - formless things - carry their own charge, one which only declares itself in brief moments of paroxysm or impact which are rarely seen. Sprites - in physics - are just such phenomena, but suppose they were animate beings, shy of showing their plasmic lives... Would we recognise them? Edition of 25. Two photographs in case binding.

Barbara Greene - WARP Bradford Technical College was set up in 1903 to teach the understanding of weave machinery and to create designs for the textile industry. The inspiration for WARP came from the patterns made by hundreds of warp ends when threaded up on an industrial loom. Edition of 5. Screen print and blind embossing.

Jane Grisewood - Dancing with Sirius: lines of light The fleeting moment of invisible lines made visible through photographs of light trails from the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. Following Sirius with handheld camera, the random choreographic gestures of my arms, like drawing in the air, create ephemeral ghost-like threads dancing across the night sky. Edition of 30. Indigo print.