Bookies is a seminar on artist- and designer -led publishing as a vehicle for artistic expression and mode of distribution of contemporary art today. By two month-long exhibitions and a weekend seminar of talks and discussions by key figures in the field, Bookies will consider the current shifts in independent art publishing and its design that are shaping the ways we experience contemporary art. The two exhibitions will set the discussed ideas into visual context in the practice of the participating artists.

Aimed at professionals, students and enthusiasts alike, both the two-day seminar and the two month-long exhibitions are free for all to attend. With Bookies we hope to help build bridges between art and its audience, the work and its representation through design.

Bookies seminar 14.-15.4.2012 at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Talks and discussions on the changing role of independent publishing in contemporary art.
Saturady 14.4. 1-5pm guests: Urs Lehni Säde (CH), Terhi Ekebom (FI), Indrek Sirkel (EE), Michael Swanye (CA) and Stephen Smith (UK)
Sunday 15.5. 11-3pm guests: Jenni Rope (FI), Alexis Zavialoff (D/CH), Linus Bill (CH), Erik van der Weijde (NL), Aurélien Arbet (F), Jérémie Egry (F), Joseph Allen Shea (AU), Kristoffer Albrecht (FI) and Tuomas Jääskeläinen (FI)

Temporary bookshop 14.-15.4. Kiasma lobby
Sat-Sun 11-5pm: Motto Distribution offers for sale a selection of publications related to the talks in the seminar and the artists in the exhibitions. Napa Books will have for sale a selection of books and zines from the publishers’ catalogue.

Bookies exhibition at Myymälä2 4.4-28.4.2012
Private view Sat 14.4. 6-8pm. Rollo Press launches Erik van der Weijde’s “This Is Not My Wife”; Arbet and Egry will launch their latest book.
Artists: Erik van der Weijde, Linus Bill, Jérémie Egry and Aurélien Arbet
The exhibiting artists approach the question of photography taking on different meanings along with varying contexts.
Myymälä2 Gallery, Uudenmaankatu 23 , 00100 Helsinki
Wed-Sat 12-18, Sun 12-17

www.myymala2.com

Bookies exhibition at Napa Gallery 3.-28.4.2012
Private view Fri 13.3. 6-8pm. Napa Books launches new book by Jenni Rope; Nieves launches a new zine by Michael Swaney.
Artists: Michael Swaney and Stephen Smith (Scrollster); Benjamin Sommerhalder (Nieves)
On display the Nieves Zine Library – a collection of some 150 zines published by the imprint during its years of operation. Swaney and Smith exhibit a selection of new works realized in long distance collaboration while the two artists have lived in different countries.
Napa Gallery, Eerikinkatu 18, 00100 Helsinki
Tue-Fri 12-18, Sat-Sun 12-16
www.napagalleria.com

Bookies is part of the official WDC Helsinki 2012 and Helsinki Photography Biennial2012 programs.
We thank for support: Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region, Estonian Institute, FRAME, Goethe-Institut, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Kiasma, The Arts Council of Finland, The National Council for Photographic Art of Finland, The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and WDC Helsinki 2012.

www.bookies.fi

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