Altered state: derivative and altered artists books: curated by Dave Gibbons
Altered state: derivative and altered artists books: curated by Dave Gibbons
Derivative and altered artists books including a selection from the WSA Library Artist’s Book Collection.
This exhibition attempts to seek dialogue between each artistic interpretation which collectively explore the tactility of unmaking, and to celebrate the breadth of techniques at play.
These include tearing, cutting, sticking, pricking, stitching, obscuring, revealing, submerging, drilling, slicing, collecting, and reordering. Each artist offering their unique creative vision to suggest an alternative reading which might be reclaimed through the practice of alteration.
From seemingly careless abandon which expose the delicate fragility of a book to the deliberate and almost surgical precision, each serve to reclaim a new meaning, and to celebrate this new altered state.
Altered State, Winchetser School of Art Library, University of Southampton, Artisits Books, Winchester School of Art
Gibbons, Dave
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15 November 2025
Gibbons, Dave
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Gibbons, Dave
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Altered state: derivative and altered artists books: curated by Dave Gibbons.
Altered State - Derivative and Altered Artists’ Books, , Winchester, United Kingdom.
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Derivative and altered artists books including a selection from the WSA Library Artist’s Book Collection.
This exhibition attempts to seek dialogue between each artistic interpretation which collectively explore the tactility of unmaking, and to celebrate the breadth of techniques at play.
These include tearing, cutting, sticking, pricking, stitching, obscuring, revealing, submerging, drilling, slicing, collecting, and reordering. Each artist offering their unique creative vision to suggest an alternative reading which might be reclaimed through the practice of alteration.
From seemingly careless abandon which expose the delicate fragility of a book to the deliberate and almost surgical precision, each serve to reclaim a new meaning, and to celebrate this new altered state.
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Published date: 15 November 2025
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Altered State - Derivative and Altered Artists’ Books, , Winchester, United Kingdom, 2025-11-15 - 2025-12-19
Keywords:
Altered State, Winchetser School of Art Library, University of Southampton, Artisits Books, Winchester School of Art
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Local EPrints ID: 510316
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/510316
PURE UUID: a2611cea-2fc3-45ce-902f-127ca9d9f521
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Date deposited: 25 Mar 2026 17:51
Last modified: 26 Mar 2026 02:54
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Dave Gibbons
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