About this project
My project for kickstarter.com consists of publishing five copies of my artist's book "Scavenger Hunt" for the "Hamburger Fotobuchtage Festival" that will be held in Germany this June. My books will be presented by "Kehrer Art Books of Heidelberg".
I've self published books in the past but never as one of a kind art objects. My goal is to create a full edition of 50 books and have found a great local bindery called "Love Leaf Press" who are going to help me out. Each book is going to cost me roughly $250 to make but they are going to look really really good!
Some of my previous books have been purchased by: Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany Columbia College Chicago Special Collections, Chicago, IL George Eastman House, Rochester, NY Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Rhode Island School of Design Library, Providence, RI UCLA Arts Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA University of Alberta Special Collections, Alberta, Canada Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Yale University Special Collections Library, New Haven, CT
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 17, 2010.
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10" x 8" signed print from the book (page of your choice)
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10" x 16" signed two page spread from the book (spread of your choice)
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signed copy of "Scavenger Hunt" (handmade book, one of a kind)
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My name is Jon Gitelson and I'm an artist living and working in Chicago. I'm currently a faculty member in the photography department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at Columbia College Chicago.
I work in a range of mediums from photography to video, web-based projects, book arts, installation and public art. You can view these projects on my website at: http://www.thegit.net
My work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Canada and Europe and is in the permanent collection of various institutions that include The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Museum of Modern Art New York and The Albert and Victoria Museum in London.
