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DAI Book launch ‘Performing Reality’

The Dutch Art Institute (DAI) presents the Publications Project Saturday 3 July

BOOK LAUNCH ‘PERFORMING REALITY’
12 Artist’s books, 16.00
PUBLIC LECTURES: Seth Siegelaub and Daniel McClean, 17.00
Q&A with Seth Siegelaub, Daniel McClean, Delphine Bedel, James Goggin, Aernoud Bourdrez [Use-IP] & Yannick Bouillis [Shashin], 18.30
Drinks, 19.00

Location:
Exhibition Werkplaats Typographie
De Ateliers, Stadhouderskade, 86
1073 AT Amsterdam
ww.dutchartinstitute.nl

LECTURES
Seth Siegelaub will speak about copyright and economic issues concerning independent radical publishing, including art books, based on his publishing experience with the Chilean book ‘How to Read Donald Duck’, the so-called ‘Xeroxbook’ and the ‘Artist’s Contract’. He will specifically address free access to information and the practical problems of distribution in a world of dominated by capitalist property values.

Daniel McClean will discuss copying in art, copyright law, and his role as both a curator and a lawyer, focusing on the tension between practices of copying in art and the constraints imposed upon these practices by copyright law. The recent project ‘Free Sol LeWitt’, which McClean co-curated with Superflex at the Van Abbemuseum questions models of authorship in art. He will also discuss important trials involving artists, including Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.

THE PUBLICATIONS PROJECT
Publisher: The Dutch Art Institute/ArtEZ
Collection editor: Delphine Bedel
Design editor: James Goggin
Distribution: Shashin Art Bookshop, Monospace Press

THE PUBLICATIONS PROJECT is a collection of artist’s books issued by the Dutch Art Institute and designed in collaboration with the Werkplaats Typografie. International in its scope, this collection is a unique blend of printed matter. The 2010 edition consists of 12 publications edited by artist and curator Delphine Bedel. In close collaboration with one or more guest authors, artists and designers teamed up to produce an artwork in the form of printed matter. From very diverse perspectives the artists and designers reflect on publishing as a versatile medium. The publications vary from artist books, essays, poster series, performance artefacts and documentary investigations, to autofiction and collages.

DAI and WT are both master programmes of ArtEZ, one of the major arts educational institutes in the Netherlands. Gabriëlle Schleijpen, course director at the DAI, founded the Publications Project in 2003. It began as an experimental and innovative research and publishing platform aiming to address the specific process of artist books production, it is now an acclaimed editorial project.

ARTIST BOOKS: Lado Darakhvelidze, Taf Hassam, Jimini Hignett, Amanda Koelman, Izabela Oldak, Sevgi Ortaç, Julio Pastor, Viki Semou, Eva Schippers, Ruben van Klaveren, Renaldi Zefi, Veridiana Zurita.

GUESTS WRITERS/CONTRIBUTORS: Emily E. Auger, Mounira Al Solh, Maria Barnas, James Beckett, Delphine Bedel, Lady Equitone, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Funda Bütüner, Jeremy Gilbert, Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen, Haejun Jo & Donghwan Jo, Annette Krauss & Petra Bauer, Aylin Kuryel, Pierre Leroux, Giorgi Maisuradze, Carlos Motta, Serazer Pekerman, Marco Pasi, Marko Peljhan, Spinvis (Erik de jong), Pelin Tan, Ad van Denderen, Lidwien van de Ven, Rob van Kranenburg, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Loïc Wacquant, Marta Zarzycka.

DESIGNERS: Goda Budvytytė, Ines Cox, Gregory Dapra, Anna Haas, Annett Höland, Simone Koller, Lu Liang, Joris van Aken, Boris van den Eynden, Isabelle Vaverka, Lidia Wilkosz.

INFO
www.dutchartinstitute.nl
www.shahin.nl (launch online shop 15/07)

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The Public School: ‘Beyond Paradise’ @ Wiels

‘Beyond Paradise’ Talk and Film Screening by Delphine Bedel & Ayako Yoshimura.
Introduction by Matthieu Laurette.
Film ‘Celebration’ by Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens (2005, 55′)
Saturday 20th March 2010, 16:00-18:00
WIELS, Center for Contemporay Art, Brussels

‘The […] ambivalence of tourism, which also applies to our world in general, is reality and its copy at a time when copies are increasingly more realistic and reality is increasingly penetrated by the illusion of fiction‘ (Marc Augé)

‘Beyond Paradise’ addresses the cultural and social changes that have altered our perspectives on tourism. As sociologist John Urry described in his breakthrough publication The Tourist Gaze, visual culture is central to the tourist experience. It could also be stated that the tourist industry, global mobility and media consumption and especially their abundant visual culture shape our vision of contemporary society. Tourist image production and narratives, as we know them from travel brochures, postcards, advertisements, films, are addressed in the works presented. They reflect on the construction of expectations, experiences and the social imaginary of places evoked by the ubiquitous and pervasive culture of tourism we are living in nowadays. ‘Beyond Paradise’ investigates modes of representation and visibility, starting from the mass production of images – a scheme central to the leisure industry – and the idealized imagery of places, and moves away from the familiar Tourist Gaze to construct unexpected fictional or personal narratives. The promises of these idealistic and seductive images are appropriated and eventually shifted in the works presented , to reveal other realities, and take us beyond paradise in order to question one of the greatest fictions of our times: that of tourism.

Talk
Delphine Bedel and Ayako Yoshimura will present the two-part project ‘Beyond Paradise’ -an exhibition and film programme- they curated at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and Maison Descartes – Institut Français des Pays-Bas in 2008. A selection of film excerpts from the project will be presented, followed by the screening of the documentary ‘Celebration’ by Racké & Muskens. Delphine Bedel will introduce her last publication ‘All that is solid melts into air, Notes on Tourism’ (Episode Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008), a collective research investigating the relation between tourism and politics of memory.

Film Screening
‘Celebration’ by Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens (2005, 55′)

The film shows six couples in search of utopia. They are the residents of Celebration; the latest version of the American Dream, built in Florida by Walt Disney. Walt Disney always said that dreams can come true. Is Celebration a dream come true in a world gone wrong?

The exhibition ‘Beyond Paradise’ included works by Bik Van der Pol, Patricia Esquivias, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Mustafa Hulusi, Arnout Killian, Matthieu Laurette, Sascha Pohle, Lisl Ponger, Erkan Özgen & Sener Özmen. The film programme presented a selection of documentary, short films and videos addressing various perspectives on tourism in diverse geographical and political contexts. It featured films by Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens, Kamal Aljafari, Olivo Barbieri, Mounir Fatmi, Kwang-Ju Son, Bik Van der Pol and Kai-Ting Lin.

Read more: http://www.smba.nl/en/exhibitions/beyond-paradise/

Delphine Bedel is curator, artist and writer (http://blog.delphinebedel.com), Ayako Yoshimura is artist and curator. They are both based in Amsterdam.

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Printed Matter, The New York Art Book Fair

The complete edition of the Publications Project is on view at The NY Art Book Fair, in the Project Room of Werkplaats Typographie.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY
2nd to 4th October 2009

Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications made by artists, presents the fourth annual Art Book Fair. The Fair hosts over 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, and independent artist/publishers presenting a diverse range of the best in contemporary art publications. This extraordinarily democratic and far-reaching project brings together ground-breaking and unique exhibitors, speakers, and events from twenty-one countries.

Printer Matter Project Rooms:
Werkplaats Typographie (Arnhem), the Dutch super-school, brings all 17 students to New York City to undertake an onsite project: an exhibition/project/event/book stall. The complete edition of the 2009 Publications Project -published by the Dutch Art Institute and edited by Delphine Bedel- will be presented.
Gallery 360 (Tokyo) presents JAPANESE POP THEN & NOW, with works by Kiyoshi Awazu, Suzy Amakane, Keiji Ito, Erika Kobayashi, Yutaka Kuriyama, Keiichi Tanaami, Tadanori Yokoo, and Aquirax Uno.
Dexter Sinister (New York)
Peres Projects/DADDY THE MAGAZINE (Berlin, Los Angeles) present Bruce LaBruce.
Electronic Arts Intermix (New York) presents a new video program.
Printed Matter presents a special exhibition of books and posters by Richard Prince, as well as The Contemporary Artists Books Conference, cosponsored with the Art Libraries Society of New York (ARLIS/NY); and The Classroom, a full-schedule of informal artist talks, performances, and screenings.

Preview October 1, 6-8 PM at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.
http://nyartbookfair.com

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Unter dem Motto. One Day Self Publishing Fair

The Publications Project is on view in Berlin, in collaboration with Werkplaats Typography
Hosted by Motto Bookstore and Chert Gallery, Berlin
September 5th 2009

Motto Berlin is proud to invite you to the event “Unter dem Motto – One Day Self Publishing Fair”, organized in occasion of a weekend dedicated to art publications in Berlin. 60 publishers coming from 18 countries, selected by Nieves, Rollo Press and Motto, will fill the spaces of Motto bookshop and Chert gallery with their productions. This one-day event presents an eclectic mix offering a careful overview on the importance and constant growth of autonomous publishing nowadays, from home-printed zines to publications by renowned institutions. 40+ booths will give the oportunity to the audience to meet the publishers and browse titles in a friendly athmosphere.

”Unter dem Motto” is organized in parallel of the presentation of the newly acquired exhibition “KIOSK – Modes of multiplication” on Thursday, September the 3rd, at Staatliche Kunstbibliothek Berlin and the Art Books fair: “Miss Read”, organized by KW Institute for Contemporary Art, from September 4th to 6th.

Unter dem Motto, Saturday, September 5th, 12.00 am – 12.00 pm

Motto/Chert
Skalitzer Str. 68
10997 Berlin
U1 Schlesisches Tor
Tel: +49 30 75442119

www.mottodistribution.com
www.chert-berlin.com

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The Last Session

Presentation of the road movie ‘From the Sidelines – A journey on Route 66′, and a selection of photographs from my journey to America.

THE LAST SESSION: focuses on the aesthetics of endism. Endism in our culture embraces many forms, and partially touches everyone’s life in its connection with death. Endism is an attitude as much as a myth, a sense of foreboding as much as a given story, an orientation to ultimate concerns as much as a commitment to a specific end time narrative. Endism describes the future location and deepest yearnings of the self. Endism is process and vision. It cuts against all logic, is usually mystical, and may become magical. The exhibition will bring together the work of an international selection of artists whose work relates to the broadly interpreted theme of Endism.

With Tomas Adolfs, Stephan Balleux, Paulien Barbas, Delphine Bedel, Staffan Björk, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Fia Cielen, Christine Clinckx, Martha Colburn, Orpheu de Jong, Hadassah Emmerich, Fienden, Andrea Galvani, Tony Garifalakis, Joris Ghekiere, ioulex, Experimental Jetset, Gert Jan Kocken, Matthias Kreutzer, Alexandra Leykauf, Jen Liu, Liesbeth Marit, Kalle Mattsson, Oskar Nilsson, Nick Oberthaler, Dear Reader, Rafael Rozendaal, Kalle Runeson, Etta Säfve, Steve Schepens, Jens Schildt, Seher Shah, Helmut Stallaerts, Tarja Szaraniec, Monica Tormell, Dennis Tyfus, Philippe Vandenberg, Filip Vervaet, Chad VanGaalen, Anne Wenzel and Fabio Wuytack.

THE LAST SESSION: An exhibition, a cinema, a publication.
Curated by Jan Van Woensel in collaboration with The Session.
Vlaamse Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
18 September – 18 October 2009

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From The Sidelines – A Journey on Route 66

Crossing America during the first 100 days of Obama’s presidency.
A photographic essay. Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
16 May – 30 august 2009

Although the Route 66 is known to be a scenic road and a celebrated myth, Route 66 is most of all about the people who live and work along it, and who keep it’s unique spirit alive. Created in 1927, the route was for over half a century the main access from East to West, crossing 8 states. Decommissioned in 1984, Route 66 officially disappeared, to be replaced by new Interstate Highways. This created a great strain for the economy along the old road and its inhabitants. A renewed interest in the recent years for the Route’s rich patrimony and it’s legacy, central to the American history, is now contributing to a regaining popularity, transforming the Route itself into a tourist destination. Drawing a parallel with the emergence of Plymouth in the late 19th century as a tourist destination, as seen in Burbank’s photographs, Delphine Bedel initiated a new research project entitled ‘From The Sidelines’.

Crossing the country by car for a month together with the singer-songwriter Luke Nyman, during the first 100 days of Obama’s presidency, Bedel photographed the stunning scenery, the eclectic architecture and the people, and Nyman played in many places along the road. Together they also filmed and recorded stories from the ‘Children of the Mother Road’: a cowboy’s wife, motel workers, war veterans, artists, musicians and historians, all had stories to tell. From the Dust Bowl years to the Credit Crunch, from the New World to the Trail of Tears, (the forced exile of the Cherokee Nation), from the Grand Canyon to the ”Magnificent Mile’ of drive-thru chain stores, unexpected perspectives unfold along the journey across Obama’s America, and reflect upon a country in a disrupted present.

Bedel’s photographic essay an their road movie are presented in this exhibition. Luke will be performing at the opening and on the 4th of July, together with the Travlin’ Tunes Tour. This project was commissioned in the frame of the exhibition ‘Holland Mania’ at the Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden. A publication will be released on that occasion, with a text by Rachel Esner. A selection of 136 prints of the 19th century Burbank’s photographs will also be presented on that occasion. These images are part of the collection o the Library of Leiden.

The travelogue of Delphine Bedel and Luke Nyman on the Mother Road will be online soon at blog.fromthesidelines.org

In the frame of the exhibition ‘Holland Mania’
16 May – 30 august 2009
Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
Oude Singel 28-32
www.lakenhal.nl

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6 Years: The Collection

Following the successful book launch of the Publications Project at Casco in Utrecht last week. The DAI* invites you to the opening of 6 YEARS: THE COLLECTION. This exhibition, curated by the artist Emily Williams, will bring the Publications Project released over the last six years together for the first time.

Shashin Art bookshop, Amsterdam
Exhibition 27 June – 25 July 2009, Wed – Sat 14.00 – 16.00

The Publications Project is a collection of artists publications issued by the Dutch Art Institute (DAI) and designed in collaboration with the Werkplaats Typografie (both master programmes of the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts). It is a platform that aims to address the specific process of artist books production, from concept and design to distribution. Since 2003, designers from the Werkplaats Typografie and artists from DAI are invited to team up in couples and develop one project, in close collaboration with an author. The collection was directed by various editors over the last years (Joke Robaard 2006, Maureen Mooren 2007, Emily Pethick 2008). The 2009 edition consists of sixteen publications edited by artist and curator Delphine Bedel. The format of this diverse collection varies from magazine, essays, books, playing cards & artist editions to performance artefacts. Through very diverse perspectives and practices the artists and designers reflect on publishing as a versatile medium.

Expanding on the reflection upon modes of distribution of artist books, the exhibition 6 YEARS: THE COLLECTION at Shashin Art bookshop places the collection directly in the context of other possible circulation for a publication.

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