AMBruno
Established in 2008, the artists’ coalition AMBruno facilitates the development and dissemination of the book as primary medium in art practice. The makeup of the group changes with every new project. A unique feature of this initiative is that books are produced to a set theme for each of the annual projects. The final works may be very diverse in form and approach, but all have the thread of the originating topic running through.
AMBruno coalition, AMBruno'rhythm' 12 books, 2023 © AMBruno coalition
A gathering of the 12 'rhythm' books
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Susan Johanknecht & Katharine Meynell, !!, AMBruno, 2023 © Susan Johanknecht & Katharine Meynell
Taking the notion of protest in Casserolada; a repetition of movement, banging pans and rattling lids etc. Old and infant hands engaged in the rhythms and explorations of domestic timpani. Flaps on each page unfold, accumulating a sense of sound, play and dissent, building to a cacophony.
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John McDowall, Sound by sound, AMBruno, 2023 © John McDowall
Clapping Music is a composition by Steve Reich for two people clapping in which one continuously repeats the pattern, and the second gradually shifts out of unison. The book’s configuration has been informed by the dance of Clapping Music produced by the choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
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