Rolando Estévez, one of the most exciting book artists of our
time, will be visiting from Cuba to talk about the role of handmade
books in Cuba and in the world. As our society moves toward
digital books and the idea of the book as virtual rather than tactile,
the role of handmade books has become a fascinating publishing
phenomenon that transforms how we think about literary texts.
Estévez, the artistic founding director of Ediciones Vigía, an
artisanal press in Matanzas, Cuba, will provide a retrospective of
his work and will discuss and display his newest one-of-a-kind
books that give expression to his unique visual poetics. At his
lecture, Estévez will present for the first time an artist book about
Hemingway and the legacy of his presence in Cuba.
Lecture in Spanish with simultaneous English translation.