Codex Nordica

Codex Nordica is an exhibition concept initiated by Imi Maufe, after her attendance at CODEX book fair and seminar, USA 2017.

Information about the CODEX Book Fair, the CODEX Foundation and Codex Nordica in 2019
CODEX is a four day book fair is held every two years in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA and is the largest book fair in the world for 'handmade book as a work of art'. Over 200 stands show work from over 20 countries, work of the highest quality hand-made and mainly handprinted books. In 2019 the fair will be held at the Craneway Pavilion, Richmond from 3rd to 6th February.
CODEX Book Fair and Symposium is organised by the Codex Foundation. www.codexfoundation.org

With an invitation from the Codex Foundation to participate at the CODEX book fair and seminar in 2019, Codex Polaris organised a Nordic focus called Codex Nordica at this event.

Partners from the Nordic Countries who curated stands showing Nordic artists' books/bookarts are:
Denmark: Pist Protta
Finland: Tatjana Bergelt
Iceland: Arkir Book Art Group
Norway: Codex Polaris
Sweden: Carina Fihn and Lina Nordenström

Artists represented at CODEX 2019 are:
Denmark: Pist Protta (Jesper Fabricius, Åse Eg Jørgensen, Jesper Rasmussen)
Finland: Kristoffer Albrecht, Majia Albrecht, Susanna Autio, Tatjana Bergelt , Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, Olof Kangas, Antti Nylén and Martti Jämsä, Irma Tonteri, Tarja Turpeinen
Iceland: Arkir Book Art Group (Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Kristín Þóra Guðbjartsdóttir, Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Svanborg Matthíasdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir)
Norway: Tina Jonsbu, Rita Marhaug, Imi Maufe, David A. Rios, Johan Solberg, Randi A. Strand, Elisabet Alsos Strand.
Sweden: Jennifer Bergkvist, Lars Fernell, Carina Fihn, Joakim Kruse Lykke, Lina Nordenström, Richard Årlin

For more information about all the artists see the catalogue: www.issuu.com/codexpolaris/docs/codex-nordica-website

Codex Polaris have aslo produced collaborative project - Bibliotek Nordica - a library collection of new work from 80 Nordic artists specially for Codex Nordica in collaboration with Megan Adie (Aviary Press) and Bent Kvisgaard (OFFICINA typographic KVISGAARDENSIS). One Keynote speaker (Thomas Millroth) and two artist speakers (Tatjana Bergelt, Åse Eg Jørgensen) were chosen from the Nordic Countries to present a selection of books and projects at the symposium which was held during the book fair. www.codexfoundation.org

Events and exhibitions under the Codex Nordica program also took place at the San Fransisco Center of the Book (POSTED / UNPOSTED ++) opening on 2nd February 2019 and a presentation on 7th feb - www.sfcb.org.
At the Book Club of California - www.bccbooks.org - we gave a presentation about Codex Polaris' work to date on 4th February 2019.
For all events see: www.codexfoundation.org.

For press
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For more information about the fair: www.codexfoundation.org/home

Any questions regarding this project please contact: codexpolaris@gmail.com

Organisers for this Codex Polaris project are Rita Marhaug, Imi Maufe and Randi Annie Strand.

To start this project we invited the partners to meet during the Bergen Art Book Fair October 2017, to share ideas and possibilities, as well as a presenting a 'taster' of contemporary Nordic books at the fair. This was supported by Nordick Kulturfond OPSTART.