Motto Storefront. Artspeak. Vancouver. Program update
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3rd, 2010 by admin
Motto Storefront Events update (VANCOUVER!)
Avalanche Launch and Screening: June 5, 2pm
Publication Studio Talk (Matthew Stadler and Patricia No): June 12, 2pm
Talks and Workshops
Motto Storefront provides the context for a series of related public programming intended to create a sustained dialogue within Vancouver on issues related to the production and consumption of art publishing. Formed around an ongoing, ad hoc residency program with international publishers, designers, artists, and booksellers, this series will take the form of weekly talks, workshops, and launches investigating alternative retail models, self-initiated design practices, and small scale publishing initiatives.
Avalanche Launch & Screening: Saturday, June 5th, 2pm
Motto Storefront is proud to host the Vancouver launch of the complete facsimile edition Avalanche magazine published by Primary Information, New York. Originally produced between 1970 and 1976, Avalanche focussed on art from the perspective of artists rather than critics. Aside from an 8-page news section, the editorial content included only interviews, artists’ texts and documents of art and art making. Nearly all interviews were conducted by founding editors Willoughby Sharp and Liza Béar. Among the featured artists were Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Philip Glass, Sol LeWitt, Gordon Matta-Clark, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Smithson, Lawrence Weiner, amongst many others. Limited quantities of the edition are available and preordering is strongly encouraged. Email office@fillip.ca for details.
The launch will be accompanied by a screening of an informal videotaped interview (or “videoview”) between artist and Avalanche founder Willoughby Sharp and Vito Acconci recorded in 1973. The video runs about an hour, and will begin promptly at 2:30, followed by a reception.
Publication Studio Talk: Saturday, June 12, 2pm
Publication Studio is an ongoing project of Portland, Oregon based writers Matthew Stadler and Patricia No. It is an experiment in sustainable publication that prints and binds books on demand, creating original work with artists and writers. Publication Studio is a laboratory for publication in its fullest sense-not just the production of books, but the production of a public. This public, which is more than a market, is created through deliberate acts, the circulation of texts, discussions, and gatherings in physical space, and the maintenance of a digital commons.
Publication Studio is in residence at READ Books, Vancouver (June 9 – 12, 2010) and is operating from 12-5pm. Visit READ Books to discuss publication strategies and have your items printed (b/w duplex printing), perfect bound (from 20-500 pages), and trimmed (from 1/2″x1/2″ to 8 1/2″x11″) for reasonable fees!
Upcoming Events
June 19: Andjeas Ejiksson (Geist, Sweden) talk at 2pm
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