TERRI WEIFENBACH:
“INTRICACIES AND THINKING IN THE BOOK FORM”
[3-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP]
TERRI WEIFENBACH:
“INTRICACIES AND THINKING IN THE BOOK FORM”
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 – SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2023
This three day workshop will concentrate on the dynamics of sequencing, and the book as object in the context of each participant’s work. Included will be practical information as well as in-depth discussions about participants’ works in relation to the photographic book. Newcomers to the book form are welcome as are those wishing support and guidance with developed work. Participants should come with a portfolio in progress. The goal is to provide participants with a thought process leading to the realization of a book.
SCHEDULE: Meets online on the following days and times:
Friday, February 10: 7-10am (Los Angeles), 10am-1pm (New York), 4-7pm (Paris)
Saturday, February 11: 7am-1pm (Los Angeles), 10am-4pm (New York), 4-10pm (Paris)
Sunday, February 12: 7am-1pm (Los Angeles), 10am-4pm (New York), 4-10pm (Paris)
All times include breaks. A list of materials to prepare, upload portfolio page links & Zoom classroom logins will be provided a week before the start of class.
STRUCTURE: Artist lead lecture(s) and directed activities + Group-based critiques
Note: Enrollment limited to 10 participants.
All images © Terri Weifenbach. From the series Cloud Physics, 2021.
ABOUT TERRI WEIFENBACH
© Kate MacDonnell
Bookmaking is central to Terri Weifenbach’s artistic practice. Since her first book, In Your Dreams, was published in 1997 she has authored twenty more titles including Cloud Physics, Lana, Politics of Flowers and Gift (co-author Rinko Kawauchi). Publishers include Atelier EXB, The Ice Plant, Nazraeli Press and Loosestrife Press. Weifenbach’s Instruction Manual concept realized and initiated Nazraeli press’s One Picture Book series with #01, #03 and #04. In Your Dreams was included in The Photobook: A History Volume II by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Europe and Japan and published widely in periodicals such as Audubon, Union Magazine and IMA Magazine. Terri’s first solo museum show took place in 2017 at Izu Photo Museum in Clematis no Oka, Japan. Her work can be found in international collections such as the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona, Sprengel Museum Hannover in Germany and the Musee des Impressionismes in Giverny, France. Weifenbach is also renowned as a teacher. In addition to national and international workshops, she has taught at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Georgetown University and as Lecturer at American University. Born in NYC, raised in Washington, DC and educated at the University of Maryland, Terri Weifenbach spent a dozen years from her twenties living in New Mexico and California. She now resides in Paris, France. She is a Guggenheim Fellow having received the distinction in 2015.
https://terriweifenbach.com/
@terriweifenbach