El Libro Objeto – A Casual Conversation with Quique Avilés
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Regularmente los libros son para leerse y sólo llevan letras impresas. El Libro Objeto es una obra de arte ensamblada a mano y más que para leerse es para verse, o ambas cosas. El libro objeto a veces está hecho con materiales reciclados o encontrados, aunque siempre con elementos visuales sentimentalmente relacionados con el autor. El libro objeto, o libro de arte son piezas únicas de corto tiraje hechos para coleccionarse.
Los libro-objetos de Quique fueron presentados recientemente en una exposición en la Biblioteca de Mount Pleasant, junto al trabajo de otros autores.
A continuación una charla en video con Quique Avilés, un multifacético artista local que en unos días estrena su nuevo show “Los Salvatrucos otra vez” en el Teatro Gala, para más información.
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Usually, books are to be read and have mostly printed letters. A “Book Object” is a work of art assembled by hand. It is not just to be read but to be contemplated or both. The handmade book is sometimes made from recycled or found material, albeit with visual elements including materials of value—sentimental or otherwise—to the author. The handmade book, or art book, is unique. It is also collected.
Watch our video chat with D.C. artist, poet and performer Quique Avilés as he makes a few art books. His book objects were featured recently in an exhibition at the Mount Pleasant Library.
The multifaceted Aviles also performs this Friday night, alongside other DC artists, in “Los Salvatrucos otra vez” at the GALA Hispanic Theatre in Columbia Heights. For more information and tickets, visit the GALA website.
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