CODEX 2009 Symposium

The second biennial CODEX Symposium, is scheduled from Monday February 9th through Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at the Berkeley Art Museum. The museum is located next to the University of California Berkeley campus at 2621 Durant Avenue. Artists and writers will present their work and critical views in the atmosphere of a world class book fair and an old fashioned western rendez-vous.

Tickets are available for $225.
Symposium tickets also include admission to all days of the book fair as well as Sunday night's opening events.

To register, please see the symposium registration page.
To register as an exhibitor at the book fair, please see the book fair registration page.

The Speakers:

Karen Bleitz - ARC - London

Born in California in 1973, Karen Bleitz has been creating book works in England since 1997. Her interactive and often sculptural books draw readers in by allowing them to alter or manipulate the page. Books with machines, pop-ups, and magnets become dynamic stages where the reader actively participates in debates around issues that range from the evolution of language to the role of gender and the body in communication. The transformations that take place within the pages force her readers to 're-view' and experience the subjects from a changed perspective.

Dave Hickey - art critic and writer, Las Vegas

Ron King - artist, Circle Press, London

Clemens-Tobias Lange - CTL-Presse - Hamburg

Emily McVarish - San Francisco

Emily McVarish is a writer, designer, and book artist. She has operated her presses, Axel & Otto, in both commercial and experimental ventures since 1990. Her work is held by major museums and libraries, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s artist book collection, Harvard University’s Printing and Graphic Arts Collection, and the British Library’s American Collections. Recent shows include “Flicker/Be Still,” a solo exhibition of books and prints at 871 Fine Arts in San Francisco and “Complicit! Contemporary American Art and Mass Culture” at University of Virginia Art Museum.

Emily is also Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at California College of the Arts. In collaboration with Johanna Drucker, she has recently written and designed Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide published by Prentice Hall.

Tate Shaw - artist, Preacher's Biscuit Books, Chicago

Lawrence Weschler - Writer, Artistic Director of the Chicago Humanities Festival