3D books to ‘pop up’ at 11-day Sharjah festival
sharjah — Imaginations of book enthusiasts will ‘pop up’ with joy at the 3D Book Exhibition at the Sharjah Children Reading Festival (SCRF).
Organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), the festival will kick off its 10th edition from April 18 at the Sharjah’s Expo Centre.
The 3D attraction will be offered to visitors and literature enthusiasts of all age groups by expert Italian curators Massimo Missiroli and Mathieu Faglia, from the 3D Book Centre in Forli, Italy.
The exhibition comes in line with the festival’s theme ‘Your Future… Just a Book Away’, and aims to introduce the readers to the ancient art of pop-up or three dimensional books, whose earliest examples are said to be found in 13th Century Catalonia, posing them against the new and emerging technologies in this genre of image-heavy, performance based literature.
Visitors to the 3D Book Exhibition will have access 250 of these books that have been handpicked by the exhibition curators to represent eight different periods of time. These books will include At The Beginning (1880), From The Third Dimension To The Pop-Up (1920), The Birth of the Name Pop-Up (1930), The Carousel Books (1940), Global Production (1950), The Art Of Voitec Kubasta (1960), The Wally Pop-Up Era (1970) and finally, A New Amazing Millennium (2000).
Younger visitors will also learn about the latest in 3D modeling and design from a great selection pop-up books, whose lifelike characteristics contributed by both their text and graphics bring them closest to children’s imaginations and make their reading experiences as interactive as possible.
The organising of the pop-up book exhibition aligns with SCRF’s vision to ignite the creative passions of children and young adults, and encourage them to appreciate reading, which truly forms the basis of progressive societies, in a more unconventional and fun manner.
The SCRF, which will take place for 11 days until April 28, is known as one of the most important cultural events for children and young people in the country which is aimed at enriching the knowledge of visitors in science and literature.
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250 books handpicked from eight periods of time will be exhibited