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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

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“The principle of Work for Work is that person A works for person B for an agreed amount of time, and in doing so they agree that person B will repay person A with their time. […] This website documents Work for Work exchanges that have taken place not only between us and a second party but also exchanges that have taken place between two parties independent to us. It’s not that an exchange of favours constitutes something new, no doubt we have all exchanged favours with other people, however we have found that the up front nature of the Work for Work agreement is a way of formalising this exchange economy, making it clearer for both sides. […]”

“The principle of Work for Work is that person A works for person B for an agreed amount of time, and in doing so they agree that person B will repay person A with their time. […] This website documents Work for Work exchanges that have taken place not only between us and a second party but also exchanges that have taken place between two parties independent to us. It’s not that an exchange of favours constitutes something new, no doubt we have all exchanged favours with other people, however we have found that the up front nature of the Work for Work agreement is a way of formalising this exchange economy, making it clearer for both sides. […]”

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WITTE DE WITH DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS

“Our attitude is that books constitute a unique medium: distinct from exhibitions and events, they travel easily and have a lasting quality, becoming archives of the activity of writers, artists, curators, designers, editors, and readers alike.”

“Accompanying the exhibition Making is Thinking (23 January – 1 May 2011) Witte de With presents its first digital publication. To highlight the importance placed on process by Making is Thinking, the book was developed over the course of the show. Thinking along with the exhibition, it was made available online in installments. The publication can now be downloaded for free in its entirety.”

“This digital publication (with a limited print edition of 100) accompanies the exhibition The End of Money (22 May – 7 August 2011).”

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[…] The editors of this exhibition … have selected more than a hundred images of significance for them. These have been ranged in categories suggested by the material which underline a common visual denominator independent of the field from which they image is taken. There is no single simple aim in this procedure. No watertight scientific or philosophical system is demonstrated. In short it forms a poetic-lyrical order where images create a series of cross-relationships. […] Press release for the exhibition, ICA, London, 1953

[…] The editors of this exhibition … have selected more than a hundred images of significance for them. These have been ranged in categories suggested by the material which underline a common visual denominator independent of the field from which they image is taken. There is no single simple aim in this procedure. No watertight scientific or philosophical system is demonstrated. In short it forms a poetic-lyrical order where images create a series of cross-relationships. […]
Press release for the exhibition, ICA, London, 1953

(Source: independentgroup.org.uk)