In the age when you can download almost everything from the net (texts, images, music, videos), Volumina suggests a new idea of the ARTBOOKS, which is set between the old conception of the handmade book and the new forms of book object and book design. Each editorial project is an artistic and technical experimentation of style, content and form. Starting with the paper itself. The Greenaway volumes are printed on eight types of paper of different weights and textures that create unique tactile sensations as the pages are turned. For the Cronenberg book, a post-print primer has been used to give a pearly and velvety finish to the pages.
The fragrance of leather, the precious fabrics, the weight of aluminium, the transparency of alabaster: the materials used for the book covers are alive; they modify themselves, they change shape. On the other side of this careful selection of materials lies the creative power of digital technology and the internet. We oversee all the phases of image processing, layout and pre-press on Mac computers. On line, in the "private" section of the website, the artists can consult the material and see the pages of their book as it is being crafted.
Besides this updated version of the artbook, Volumina also creates more traditional catalogues of the exhibitions it organises, such as Peopling the Palaces and Chromosomes.