Independent publishing in Spain: El Libro Mutante
Self-publishing, independent publishing and experimental publishing in Spain.
Catalogue / card game by Åbäke
All The Knives, Any Printed Story on Request catalogue
“With ‘All the Knives’, they propose a performative exhibition with very minimal presence, perhaps a chair, a table, a box in an otherwise seemingly empty space. The content of this exhibition is in a state of standby until a member of the audience enters. Performers/invigilators welcome the visitor into a world of stories for which printed graphic items and conversational situations are the catalysts. The show is a collection in constant flux, gathering stories of objects which usually are present in a gallery space or people’s pockets.
All the Knives is an exhibition by Åbäke, Yaïr Barelli, Jochen Dehn, Dirk Elst, Aurélien Froment, Vladimir Ivaneanu, Sally O’Reilly, Matt Rogers and Adva Zakai.” z33.be
(Source: abake.fr)
“Visual essay of Karel Martens’ studio, published on the occassion of the exhibition KM at ginza graphic gallery (Tokyo, Japan). With texts by David Senior and Karel Martens. Photography: Johannes Schwartz. Editing and Design: Julie Peeters & Karel Martens.”
(via lingote)
Your Logo Is not Hardcore
“Part of what makes these logos indeed “not hardcore” is that, despite the use of what is supposed to be some kind of anarchic “X”, the rest of the typography and graphics are too pretty and stylish and family friendly. So we went in the complete opposite direction: awkward, ugly, hard to read, and aiming to please no one. Hardcore? Maybe still not. But it works as an experiment in bursting the trend and seeing what comes out of it.”
Badlands Unlimited
”[…] By publishing e-books whose content deliberately tests the boundaries of major distributors – and by developing self-sustaining alternatives to their systems – Badlands Unlimited is forcing several lines of inquiry: who decides what constitutes an art object or a book, when art and digital publishing meet? What is an exhibition catalogue or an artist’s e-book – or rather, what could they be – when materially bound to a physical format rife with implications, commercial and otherwise? Art e-book publishing invites institutions and artists alike to imagine a new and different future for these forms while reconsidering their historical and ideological positions. Clearly, that future is now.” Sarah Hromack, “Off the Page”, Frieze (issue 139, May 2011)
Le catalogue et ses hybrides
“Mas, no que concerne ao conteúdo, a secção que precede a bibliografia é aquela que me parece mais bem conseguida. Trata-se de uma compilação de páginas que figuram nalguns dos tomos incluídos na lista bibliográfica, apresentados através do fac-símile das páginas originais. O resultado é uma coletânea de textos — sobretudo prefácios, curiosamente —, em que a própria publicação (o catálogo) é alvo da atenção do autor, que é o curador da exposição, na maioria dos casos.”
The Boards of Canada mistery single or LP campaign…
(Source: factmag.com)
O LIVR-O-MEM. PAULO D’ CANTOS N’ PALMA D’ MÃO
Barbara says…
Lisboa, 2013
(Source: blog.standardpp.net)
The Future of Books
“2020: All Books Will Be Cross-Platform and Interactive.
2030: All Books Will Be Crowdsourced and Cloud-Based.
2040: Authors Will Become Like Tamagotchi.
2050: Analog Reading Will Be Digitally Simulated.
2060: Physical Books Will Make a Comeback in Annoying Contexts.
2070: We Will All Become Cyborgs.
2080: A Golden Age of Informational Fluidity.”
- James Warner
