16 MARCH 2017: Paris-based artist,
architect and filmmaker Marc Johnson was awarded $15,000 AUD for his book fecund
lacuna / lacune féconde, published by French publishing house Analogues,
at an announcement this afternoon at the National Gallery of Victoria,
Melbourne, Australia. Philanthropist Caroline Cornish announced the winner of
the inaugural Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing as part of the
2017 Melbourne Art Book Fair.
fecund lacuna / lacune féconde is the product of more than a year of research into the field of
archaeology, supported by the French National Institute for Preventive
Archaeological Research. Photographs of archaeological sites from the
Institute’s collection, and of a site-specific art installation by Marc
Johnson, are presented alongside anthropological and philosophical essays in a
project that questions the world today and anticipates the future. The judging
panel commended fecund lacuna / lacune féconde for the way it weaves
complex ideas about art, science and archaeology into an engaging,
well-designed and high quality publication.
Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV, said, ‘fecund lacuna / lacune féconde
is an outstanding example of art book excellence and innovation, and we are
pleased to recognise this achievement through The Cornish Family Prize for Art
and Design Publishing.
‘The NGV sincerely thanks the Cornish family for their support of this
unique prize, which enables us to celebrate the art book publishing sector at
an international level.’
The finalists of The Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing,
2017, are:
· fecund lacuna / lacune féconde – by Marc Johnson, published by Analogues, designed by Baldinger
Vu-Huu (WINNER)
· Episodic Urbanism – by Peter Elliott
and contributors, published by Uro Publications, designed by Stuart Geddes
· Nicholas Mangan: Limits to Growth – published by Monash University Museum of Art and Sternberg Press, Berlin
(initiated with the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and Kunst-Werke Institute
for Contemporary Art Berlin), designed by Žiga Testen
· The Gentle Hand + The Greedy Eye: an everyday baroque practice in
architecture – self-published by author
Rachel Hurst, designed by Catherine Griffiths
· SPECIALISM – by David Blamey
and contributors, published by Open Editions, designed by Jonathan Hares
· House is a House is a House is a House is a House: Architectures and
Collaborations of Johnston Marklee – by Reto
Geiser and contributors, published by Birkhäuser/Johnston Marklee/Reto Geiser,
designed by MG&CO., Noemi Mollet and Reto Geiser
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