{"id":3023,"date":"2014-06-15T03:57:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T07:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2014-06-19T17:02:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T21:02:45","slug":"printed-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/printed-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Printed & Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Organes<\/p>\n

by Benoit Depelteau<\/p>\n

A review of handcrafted artist books from Organes Variables<\/p>\n

Organes Variables is a group of artists from Montreal, Canada and Poitiers, France who have produced, in the last year, a series of remarkable handcrafted artists books. A few months ago, in the shadow of Montreal’s Olympic Tower, I sat with one of the collective’s founders, artist and filmmaker Guillaume Vall\u00e9e<\/a>, to talk about the project.<\/p>\n

In March 2013, when he was studying at \u00c9cole europ\u00e9enne sup\u00e9rieure de l\u2019image in Poitiers, France, Vall\u00e9e met local artists Marine Vergne Figliolini and Floriane Musseau. Together, they created this project as a way to encourage the conversation between artists from their respective regions. Even though they share a language and many cultural aspects, Vall\u00e9e points out, there are surprisingly few collaborative projects between both countries in the field of visual arts.<\/p>\n

A few months later, from the fusion of their respective works emerged a first publication, Organes Variables #1 Une Explosion de Sucre en Poudre\u2026!<\/em> Before its first anniversary, the prolific collective, now based on both sides of the Atlantic, recruited a new member, Montreal-based artist Caroline Scott and published four more books and a series of prints.<\/p>\n

Their limited edition publications are pure d.i.y. gems, showing a meticulous attention to detail and a desire to explore the codes of the genre. Each number revolves around a different idea, often related to the senses, which reflects in the content, of course, but also in the packaging.<\/p>\n

Even with the inclusion of guest collaborators and a variety of mediums, the project’s cohesion is still very impressive. The work of each member, still evidently recognizable, blends well in the finished images. Vall\u00e9e’s collage style and Figliolini’s organic drawings nicely balance each others while Musseau’s use of the red thread ties everything together.<\/p>\n

To view more of the collective’s work or to purchase their books, visit their website: organesvariables.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nUn r\u00f4ti bien ficel\u00e9!<\/em>
\nOrganes Variables No. 4
\n8.27″x5.83″ (A5 format)
\n23 pages
\nEdition of 60 (30 in France, 30 in Canada)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Benoit Depelteau A review of handcrafted artist books from Organes Variables Organes Variables is a group of artists from Montreal, Canada and Poitiers, France who have produced, in the last year, a series of remarkable handcrafted artists books. A…<\/p>\n

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