Congratulations to Martin King, imagine a bough produced in conjunction with artist and poet Peter Lyssiotis been selected for the 2025 LIBRIS AWARDS: THE AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS BOOK PRIZE.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday 5 July – Sunday 14 September
Where: Artspace Mackay
Artists Statement:
A bird without a bough, a word without a page…. imagine; a life without birdsong to affirm the world and our humble place in it.
This book is an echo of what we do as artists, a call and a response. This collaboration has brought with it both confirmation and clarification…& in the end, this book.
All things, including the boughs of the trees in your neighbourhood have stories about the birds in our lives – these are our. We have not heard everything but we’re getting better at listening.
imagine a bough is dedicated to Edward Lear because birds, apart from being birds, like any good friend can also be quirky and funny and intelligent.
As birds take to flight, they ground us! They fly to survive, we imagine to survive….in these pages are some of our imaginings.
imagine a bough – an edition of 10 + three proofs
56 pages each hand printed and with hand-written text
39cm x 34.5 cm (front cover size)
Hard cover hand bound by George Matoulas
Quarter bound in Grey Linen
Images and printing by Martin King
Text by Peter Lyssiotis
Handwritten by Peter Lyssiotis
Martin King & Peter Lyssiotis
About the Libris Awards:
Held every two years, the Libris Awards bring together works by leading and emerging artist book makers from across the country. The awards are a chance to celebrate the art form and build on the gallery’s significant artist book collection through the competition’s acquisitive prizes.
Artspace Mackay and Mackay Regional Council in partnership with major sponsor Daly Bay are thrilled to announce the Winners of the 2025 Libris Awards and congratulate all 60 finalists whose remarkable artists books are now on display in the 2025 Libris Awards exhibition, now officially open to the public.
