In this section, we invite a person related to the field of artists’ publications to answer seven questions of a questionnaire with images.
The main rule is that each question must be answered only with photographs or images, without captions or descriptions.
For version #12 we invited book artist, writer and librarian Josh Hockensmith to answer the questionnaire. Let’s see the results.
An image that defines your work
A treasured object in your home
Show us what the sky looks like as you answer this questionnaire
An exhibition that moved you
An essential book in your library
An artwork to which you constantly come back
A spoiler of what you are currently working on
I’m a book artist, writer, and library worker living in Pittsboro, North Carolina in the US. I arrived at artists’ books via poetry & hand bookbinding, and have produced work under the name Blue Bluer Books since the early 2000s. During that time I’ve worked in the libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill in various capacities — first as a book repair technician, and more recently as the manager of the Art Library. My role there has exposed me to an incredible range of contemporary artists’ publications. I’m currently finishing a mid-career MA in Art History before transitioning to full-time studio work, writing, and teaching. My mentor, Stephen Addiss, was a student of John Cage and an art historian specializing in Japanese Zen art, so their influences are strong on me. So is the influence of my father — an avid woodworker who made the mallard decoy above — and my brother, an amateur cartoonist. Even as my work has moved away from traditional poetry writing and into more of a visual art mode, I still think of my books and prints as materialized poems.
Ig: @bluebluerbooks
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