IS A SHOW, IS A SHOP, IS A BOOK

Posted in Uncategorized on September 16th, 2009 by admin
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As contribution to the event framework ’Survival Kit’ 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’ books and art theory publications will be displayed.
According to the concept of ’Survival Kit’ 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.
Among the invited guests are the curator and co-founder of the Berlin based art bookstore pro qm Axel John Wieder, the Stockholm based artists’ duo Goldin+Senneby, Alexis Zavialoff from Motto distribution, Flash Institut, estonian graphic designers Indrek Sirkel and Asterisk* – a mobile bookstore. In parallel to the exhibition Zürich based graphic designers Urs Lehni and Lex Trüb will hold a workshop with students of the graphic design department of the art school in Riga. The exhibition will also host ”The most beautiful Swiss Books 2008”.
In collaboration with the LCCA the exhibtion will host the book launch of the first Latvian translation of Theodor W. Adorno’s text ’Dialectic of Enlightenment’.

Exhibition evening program:
11.09. 18:30 Axel J. Wieder (Stuttgart/Berlin)
12.09. 19:00 – 01:00 Bookstore Asterisk* (Tallinn)
13.09. 14:00 – 18:00 Bookstore Asterisk* (Tallinn)
13.09. 18:30 Indrek Sirkel (Tallinn)
14.09. 18:30 Timothy Hall (London)
15.09. 18:30 Goldin + Senneby (Stockholm)
16.09. 18:30 Alexis Zavialoff, Motto Distribution (Berlin)
17.09. 18:30 Discussion: Giants’ fight
18.09. 18:30 Mirjam Wirz, Flash Institut (Zürich, Vilnius)
19.09. 18:30 Discussion: Publishing for a small audience – rules, market, potential

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