Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries
Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries
Podcast Description
Book making as an art form is for those who create, shape, and believe in books as a powerful medium.
Recorded live at Huis van het Boek during a public event, this podcast is a love letter to the world of art books - where creativity, craft, and dedication meet. Hosted by The Book Photographer and curator Justina Nekrašaitė, each episode celebrates the people who bring books to life with their hands, hearts, and ideas.
Supported by the Mondriaan Fund.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into the intersection of art and publishing, exploring themes such as collaborative processes in art books and the transformative power of bookmaking. For example, the first episode focuses on Nina Glockner's innovative approach to publications that act as 'space-time-containers,' expanding the experience of art beyond traditional pages.
Book making as an art form is for those who create, shape, and believe in books as a powerful medium.
Recorded live at Huis van het Boek during a public event, this podcast is a love letter to the world of art books – where creativity, craft, and dedication meet. Hosted by The Book Photographer and curator Justina Nekrašaitė, each episode celebrates the people who bring books to life with their hands, hearts, and ideas.
Supported by the Mondriaan Fund.
In this new chapter of Book Making as an Art Form: exploring the boundaries, we sit down with Jesse Muller, founder of Jesse Presse, to explore the invisible care that keeps the art book world alive.
Jesse is a distributor, editor, and writer who connects independent publishers with readers, bookshops, and museums across the Netherlands and Belgium.
With nearly 20 years of experience, she reflects on the in-between space of art and entrepreneurship.
This episode is a gentle deep dive into:
- The beginning of Jesse Presse
- The invisible labor of book distribution
- Building artistic ecosystems through care and collaboration
- The dance between artistic vision and commercial reality
- New adventures and a new publishing house in town
Whether you work with books, live surrounded by them, or simply love the quiet power of printed matter, this episode offers a thoughtful pause and a new way to see the life of a book.
This podcast is made possible with the generous support of the Mondriaan Fund, L. van Heek Textiles BV, Marc Gijzen, Nina Glockner, Luminosity Lab and Jesse Presse.
Produced by Justina Nekrasaite l The Book Photographer
Audio productions by Drexhage Media |Jasper Drexhage
Graphic design Thom Niessink
Recorded at Huis van het Boek
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