{"id":2448,"date":"2009-09-16T00:32:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T23:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2009-09-22T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T09:26:28","slug":"is-a-show-is-a-shop-is-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=2448","title":{"rendered":"IS A SHOW, IS A SHOP, IS A BOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/image-39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2449\" title=\"image-39\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/image-39.png\" alt=\"image-39\" width=\"557\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/image-39.png 557w, http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/image-39-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As contribution to the event framework \u2019Survival Kit\u2019 Egija Inzule (LV\/CH) and Maja Wismer (CH) will curate an exhibition with and about books. Focusing on the double role of books within the field of art both as self-contained aesthetic entity and as a medium of information and discourse, a selection of exhibition catalogues, artists\u2019 books and art theory publications will be displayed.<br \/>\nAccording to the concept of \u2019Survival Kit\u2019 the books will be put on view in an empty shop in the city center of Riga, becoming a temporary bookshop, with most of the books also being for sale. Furthermore the exhibtion wishes to expand into a discursive platform: lectures, presentations and performances are scheduled. A special event will focus on the Latvian art book scene.<br \/>\nAmong the invited guests are the curator and co-founder of the Berlin based art bookstore pro qm Axel John Wieder, the Stockholm based artists\u2019 duo Goldin+Senneby, Alexis Zavialoff from Motto distribution, Flash Institut, estonian graphic designers Indrek Sirkel and Asterisk* &#8211; a mobile bookstore. In parallel to the exhibition Z\u00fcrich based graphic designers Urs Lehni and Lex Tr\u00fcb will hold a workshop with students of the graphic design department of the art school in Riga. The exhibition will also host \u201dThe most beautiful Swiss Books 2008\u201d.<br \/>\nIn collaboration with the LCCA the exhibtion will host the book launch of the first Latvian translation of Theodor W. Adorno\u2019s text \u2019Dialectic of Enlightenment\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition evening program:<br \/>\n11.09. 18:30 Axel J. Wieder (Stuttgart\/Berlin)<br \/>\n12.09. 19:00 \u2013 01:00 Bookstore Asterisk* (Tallinn)<br \/>\n13.09. 14:00 \u2013 18:00 Bookstore Asterisk* (Tallinn)<br \/>\n13.09. 18:30 Indrek Sirkel (Tallinn)<br \/>\n14.09. 18:30 Timothy Hall (London)<br \/>\n15.09. 18:30 Goldin + Senneby (Stockholm)<br \/>\n16.09. 18:30 Alexis Zavialoff, Motto Distribution (Berlin)<br \/>\n17.09. 18:30 Discussion: Giants\u2019 fight<br \/>\n18.09. 18:30 Mirjam Wirz, Flash Institut (Z\u00fcrich, Vilnius)<br \/>\n19.09. 18:30 Discussion: Publishing for a small audience \u2013 rules, market, potential<\/p>\n<p>www.showroom.st<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As contribution to the event framework \u2019Survival Kit\u2019 Egija Inzule (LV\/CH) and Maja Wismer (CH) will curate an exhibition with and about books. 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