TALKING PICTURES – The Visual Book Now is a series of events, presented on the occasion of the New York Rights Fair, which will look at contemporary publishing through the lens of visual language and imagery.
As the culture has become increasingly visual, the visual book has flourished in the publishing industry and has attracted a broad audience. TALKING PICTURES will discuss contemporary visual books, focusing on the phenomenon of the graphic novel, the extraordinary revival of children’s and adult picture books both in Europe and United States, the importance of book cover design, new trends in visual cook books and the book-as-object. TALKING PICTURES will explore the convergence of visual artists and the publishing industry in generating innovative projects and new visual forms.
TALKING PICTURES is:
• A symposium at Parsons School of Design on May 29 to open the Talking Pictures program
• Three Talking Pictures panels held at the New York Rights Fair on May 30, 31 and June 1
• The selection of the “Best Visual Books” of the year
Conceived and organized by Hamelin Cultural Association and Steven Guarnaccia for the New York Rights Fair.
Parsons School of Design Program: organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute.