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W139: Remain in light. (temporary bookstore).

Programme:

— Opening lecture by Wouter Davidts on Friday 15 May, 8 pm, on his
favourite art books, and on sense and nonsense of art books
— Philippine Hoegen of BAS/Bent Books, Istanbul, on their ‘artist­based
projects’
— XYM, web­based project, Marlie Mul and Ingve Holen on digital
publishing
— Lucas Evers / Creative Commons on flexible ways for authors, artists,
academics and publishers of dealing with copyrights
— Design research collective Metahaven on the making of their own book
“Uncorporate Identity” (released autumn ’09 by Lars Müller Publishers)
— Alexis Zavialoff of Motto Distribution, Zurich/Berlin, on alternative
ways of book and magazine distribution
— Artist Ad de Jong and designers Richard Niessen and Esther de Vries on
their special co­operation on the book “Start a New Art World”
— On guerilla marketing
— Designer/bookmaker Sam de Groot on literature/graphic design, how are
they linked for him, how are these books distributed?
— Paper workshops for beginners and advanced by Trudy Dorrepaal, Lecturis
printers
— Workshop on binding
— Booksellers in conversation
For more information, see www.valiz.nl/actueel and www.w139.nl

Source Material

14 May – 28 June 2009

Cor Dera, Reineke Otten, Özlem Altin, Marjolijn Dijkman, Kim Bouvy,
Sjoerd Westbroek, Radboud Mens, Jeroen van Broekhuizen.

Opening Thursday, 14 May at 20.00 hours in TENT.
Source Material presents the work of eight artists who use their interest in collection and archiving as a means to reconsider the meaning of history, identity and time. In recent years the art world has seen a striking interest in documentation and archiving. In the current Internet age, access to source material has become virtually unlimited and the Internet functions as the archive of all archives. How can that immense amount of information be tamed?

Monumental photo series of Cor Dera, Marjolijn Dijkman and Jeroen Broekhuizen, new installations of Kim Bouvy, Özlem Altin and Sjoerd Westbroek, research by Reineke Otten and the jukebox with the record collection of Noise-artist Radboud Mens: the artists in Source Material use an unorthodox way of unlocking, of ‘knowing’, in which the desire for order and clear arrangement can be converted into a passion for understanding the world. The traditional meaning and hierarchy of the images is made subordinate to a new logic, to a subversive and narrative way of showing the world.

TENT. Rotterdam Center for Visual Arts > Witte de Withstraat 50 > Ground Floor> 3012 BR Rotterdam
Netherlands > +31 (0) 10 4135498 > www.tentrotterdam.nl

To accompany the installation: the publication ERSTARRTE UNRUHE, published by Orient Press.

The Glossy Zine, issue #7. Published by Studio Von Birken.

Capricious Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the ninth issue of Capricious Magazine. Capricious #9 shifts its focus to the burgeoning contemporary art scene of Mexico. Over the last decade, the colorful and edgy creative currents there are having a transformative effect. Guiding us through the influences of this thriving scene, is Guest Editor Pamela Echeverría, current director of contemporary art gallery Proyectos Monclova and formerly a curator of the Carrillo Gil Museum and director of Galería OMR (both in Mexico City).

W139

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