Reminder: ARLIS/NY Contemporary Artists' Books Conference, New York
City, October 23-26, 2008.
Registration is limited, so sign up now!
The conference brings together major figures in the artists' books
scene, including artists, critics, historians, collectors, librarians,
and curators. The program features speakers, panels, artists'
presentations, institutional tours, and receptions, and attendees will
receive a commissioned, small-edition publication by "pamphleteers"
Dexter Sinister. Sessions will be held at the New York Public Library,
Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the NY Art Book Fair at
Phillips de Pury.
The keynote features Hans-Ulrich Obrist in conversation with artists
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Joseph Grigely. Grigely's work involves
collected and fragmented texts, such as notes and found documents.
Linguistics, communication, and social transience are central themes,
The artist is known for accumulated conversations in the form of
handwritten notes, necessitated by his hearing loss in childhood. In
addition to artists' books--such as his visual/verbal epic Blueberry
Surprise (2006)--Grigely produces prints, video, performance, and
installation. His work has been exhibited at the Venice and Whitney
Biennials.
Rirkrit Tiravanija, known as "the artist who cooks," creates sites for
social interaction. Besides spaces for cooking and serving meals, the
artist has staged reading rooms and bicycled from conversation to
conversation. As a trans-national artist, these intimate events
represent larger cross-cultural interaction. His artists' books
include Rirkrit Tiravanija's Soccer Half-Time Book of Cookery (2006).
Recipient of the Hugo Boss Prize, Tiravanija has shown at MoMA and
LACMA, among other venues.
Leading the conversation will be Hans-Ulrich Obrist, whose "art"
constitutes prolific, published interviews with contemporary artists.
The conference is organized in collaboration with Printed Matter's NY
Art Book Fair.
For sessions, schedule, and registration information see
http://www.arlisny.org/cabc. To learn about the NY Art Book Fair, see
http://www.nyartbookfair.com.
Participants:
Barbara Bader, University of Oxford / Bern University of the Arts
Stuart Bailey, Dexter Sinister
Geoffrey Batchen, City University of New York
Bill Burns, Artist
Alejandro Cesarco, Artist
Luc Derycke, MER. Paper Kunsthalle
Jason Fulford, J & L Books
Joseph Grigely, Artist
Yuichi Hibi, Artist
Darius Himes, Critic
Matt Keegan, North Drive Press
Sandra Kroupa, Curator
Emily Larned, Red Charming
Cornelia Lauf, Universita Iuav di Venezia
Leigh Ledare, Artist
Esther Levine, Artist
Elisabeth Long, Journal of Artists' Books
Susan Meiselas, Photographer
Dan Nadel, PictureBox
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Critic
Clive Phillpot, Fermley Press
David Reinfurt, Dexter Sinister
Jane Rolo, Book Works founder
Emily Roysdon, LTTR
Joachim Schmid, Artist
Victor Sira, Artist
Buzz Spector, Artist
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Artist
Matvei Yankelevich, Ugly Duckling Press
Posted by James Mitchell for the Organizing Committee
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