Thursday 7 March 2013

Highlights: Libris Awards 2006-2010

 
Entries are open until 22 March for the 2013 Libris Awards to be held at Artspace Mackay and this year the main prize is a $10,000 Acquisitive Prize. Details are available on the Artspace Mackay website.  The Libris Awards exhibition will take place from 10 May to 30 June.
 
Artspace Mackay have a new exhibition in the Cox Rayner Gallery from 8 February to 23 June which was curated from the Mackay Regional Collection and features prize winning entries and purchases from past Libris Awards.
 
I was fortunate to have my book Time Travel purchased by Michael Wardell from the 2010 Libris Awards and it is on display in this exhibition.
 
 
 
 
 
 
I made the book in 2009 after a trip to the Pyrenees and south of France/Northern Spain and I really felt like I was travelling back into the past.  The pictures I used in the book were manipulated photos and cutouts that come from a number of  locations such as the medieval walled village of Villefranche le Conflent
 
 
The citadel at Besancon
   

 
St John Pied de Port
 
 
Bayonne
 
 
Those famous mountains that feature in the Tour De France, Col de Tourmalet and Mont Ventoux
 
 
 
Pamplona in Spain
 
 
and a little port near Bilbao in Spain called Mutriku
 
 
It was a wonderful trip and it's great to have this book as a permanent reminder.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've seen your book in the collection, but will have another look when I go into town tomorrow.
And it is lovely to see your photos and better understand your approach.
Old-settled countries ooze history, don't they?

Fiona Dempster said...

Congrats Helen - what a great book. I love the way you've used the arches, the windows, the voids to draw the eye through and beyond to explore the next layer...wish I could be in Mackay!

Jacobus (Jack) Oudyn said...

Another beautiful book,congratulations Helen. Do you have one a new entry in this years Libris?

Elizabeth Banfield said...

Thanks for showing us this Helen. Lovely to see so many photos too.