The Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (FC/CPPC) announces the launch in February 2013 of the eBook version of its acclaimed series CONVERSACIONES/CONVERSATIONS. The ambitious series was first launched in print format in 2010, under an imprint created by the FC/CPPC to support its mission to enhance appreciation of the diversity, sophistication, and range of art from Latin America, advance scholarship of Latin American art, and promote excellence in visual-arts education.
The digital version of this series constitutes a step forward in the FC/CPPC’s efforts to innovate within the digital world, and take advantage of new tools to further expand its mission and reach the widest audience possible. The FC/CPPC is committed to optimizing the use of digital media to contribute to the improvement of education and knowledge of art from Latin America. For that reason, the eBooks will be made available in a standard EPUB 3 format, the most versatile platform to date, designed for all eReaders (iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Google or Adobe Reader).
The FC/CPPC has partnered with London-based digital art book publisher Mapp Editions on the design of the eBooks. Special features offer new ways for people to navigate through the books’ content, share thoughts and comments, and go “behind the scenes” of the conversation. The forward of each eBook highlights its special assets. The first six books in CONVERSACIONES/ CONVERSATIONS will be launched as custom-designed eBooks, and all forthcoming titles will be published in both print and digital editions simultaneously. |
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A prototype of the eBooks will be presented as part of the exhibition Concrete Invention: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, opening January 22, 2013, at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, co-curated by Gabriel Perez-Barreiro, Director of the FC/CPPC, and Reina Sofía’s Director, Manuel Borja-Villel.
About the Print Book Series:
CONVERSACIONES/CONVERSATIONS is a series of bilingual books composed of unique in-depth conversations, some spanning decades, between Latin American artists, leading critics, curators, and art historians. Some of these books include introductory essays by such esteemed intellectuals as Robert Storr, Andrea Giunta, and Alejandro Crispiani.
In November, the FC/CPPC will publish its sixth title: Gyula Kosice in conversation with/en conversación con Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. This will be the first volume in the CONVERSACIONES/CONVERSATIONS. series to be simultaneously produced as a digital and print publication.
About the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros:
Founded in the 1970s by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros, the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) is one of the core cultural and educational initiatives of the Fundación Cisneros. Based in New York City and Caracas, Venezuela, the CPPC’s mission is to enhance appreciation of the diversity, sophistication, and range of art from Latin America; advance scholarship of Latin American art; and promote excellence in visual-arts education. The CPPC achieves these goals through the preservation, presentation, and study of the material culture of the Ibero-American world—ranging from the ethnographic to the contemporary. CPPC activities include exhibitions, publications, and grants for scholarly research and artistic production, as well as other innovative initiatives specially designed to create communities for discussion and reflection.
Media Contacts:
Meg Blackburn, FITZ & CO,
+1 212 627 1455 ext. 225; meg@fitzandco.com
Mariana Barrera Pieck, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros,
+1 212 717 6080, mbpieck@coleccioncisneros.org
www.coleccioncisneros.org
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