MABB will also feature a day of workshops for professionals with experienced book making artist as leaders. The workshops will take place at some of Malmö’s excellent artist studios, with facilities for printing, etching, letterpress, bookbinding, silkscreen, 3D-work, photography etc.
During the main hours for the fair, there will be a small stage for shorter presentations at your disposal in an adjoining space. The theatre main stage will be used for more elaborated scene performances with invited artists during the Friday evening.
SEMINAR part 1: Artists’ books, so what?
Wednesday 11.4 7–9 PM
C–salen, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
Status of Artists’ books in Scandinavia – trends and development.
Marika Reuterswärd, director Kristianstad Center for Contemporary Art
Matilda Plöjel, Sailor Press
Kirke Meng och Karin Hald, Forlaget Gestus
Kristina Bengtsson, Hour Projects
Thomas Millroth, art critic and author
Presenter: Joakim Norling, publisher Timglaset.
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial and Studiefrämjandet i Malmö.
Free entrance, limited number of seats.
Artists’ Books – a historical presentation
11–22.4
Malmö Konsthalls Bookstore, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
Artists’ books from the collections of Bengt Adlers and Thomas Millroth are presented
as part of MABB2018. In this retrospective we find early artists’ books by
Anders Österlin, Eric Lennarth, CO Hultén, some Danish pioneering material by
Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen, Asger Jorn and Gro Vive. Further more several international
artists’ works are presented, such as John Armleder, George Brecht, Robert Filliou,
Emmett Williams, Ben Vautier, Konrad Balder Schäuffelen, Dorothy Iannone, Ed Ruscha
and Dieter Roth. We can also fi nd works by the legendary Björnligan, the publishing
house Wedgepress & Cheese and the magazine Fabrik.
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial and Studiefrämjandet i Malmö.
PAGES: A 20TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE
11–22.4
Malmö Konsthalls Bookstore, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
PAGES is an annual international artist’s fair in Britain, organized by John McDowall and Chris Taylor, for over 20 years. The first fair was held in Halifax, 1998, but in recent years it has been at the “The Tetley”, a culture house, in Leeds.
In this archive we find a selection of what has been shown over the years at the fair. In Britain, artist books have a prominent position as an artistic expression, with special departments at art schools and art research institutes, which focus mainly on the artists’ books. The PAGE archive provides an interesting insight into British artist’s book practice.
cph flip book nest
18–22.4
Mellanrummet, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
Opening Wednesday 18.4 6–7 PM
Introduction by Christina Bredahl Duelund at 6.30 PM
cph flip book nest is a traveling gallery for flip books made by Nordic artists who works with drawing. The gallery had its first exhibition in January 2018 in Copenhagen and is initiated and run by artist Christina Bredahl Duelund. The second exhibition will take place at Malmö Konsthall, in Malmö, Sweden as part of the MABB and will show work from Malene Hartmann, Bue Bredsdorff, Malin Lobell, Dagmar Radmacher, Stine Gonsholt, Tore Magne, Anna Brag, Vibe Bredahl, Thomas Holmbäck, Anette Jensen, Cecilia Westerberg, Hanne G Grønlund, Gitte Bach, Mette Høyen Andersen, Maria Hornshøj, Lena Ignestam and Christina Bredahl Duelund.
A flipbook is a series of drawings that gradually varies from side to side, simulating a movement like an animation. The book can either be executed as a unique piece of artwork or can be printed as limited editions.
For every new exhibition more artists will participate in chp flip book nest and take on a new common working title to develop their work from but you will also find flipbooks from the previous exhibitions. In Copenhagen the title was “mirroring and reflections, similarities and inequalities, public and private”, this time it’s “Future scenarios”.
The gallery travels around and act as an alternative platform for artistic dialogue through the drawn lines and it will show up anywhere it is welcomed.
SEMINAR part 2: Artists’ books, so what?
Wednesday, 18.4 7–9 PM
C–salen, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
How do artists outside the Nordic region work with and
present artists’ books today?
Antoine Lefebvre, antoine lefebvre editions (FR)
John McDowall, PAGES/AMBruno, Great Britain
Lina Nordenström, Grafikverkstan Godsmagasinet i Uttersberg (SE)
Maddy Rosenberg, CENTRAL BOOKING (US)
Presenter: Joakim Norling, publisher Timglaset.
In English.
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial and Studiefrämjandet i Malmö.
Free entrance, limited number of seats.
MABB2018 – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial 20–21.4
20.4 12–6 PM
21.4 11 AM–5 PM
Artist’s Book Fair, Victoriateatern, Södra Förstadsgatan, Malmö
MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial
Friday 20.4 8 –12 PM
Mellanrummet/Restaurant Smak, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
Bar
Performance at 8.30 PM
Recitation of the Cyrillic Alphabet
by Vassil Simittchiev.
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial and Studiefrämjandet i Malmö.
Free entrance, limited number of seats.
The world’s longest book!
Saturday‒Sunday 21‒22.4 1‒4.30 pm
K-salen, Malmö Konsthall
Come and join us in making pages make for our long leporello artist’s
book ‒ we are hoping it will become the world’s longest book!
Open for everyone!
An arrangement with Helgverkstaden at Malmö Konsthall.
WSW:s artist’s book-publishing
Sunday 22.4 11 –12 AM
C–salen, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
Erin Zona, Artistic Director, Women’s Studio Workshop
In English.
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial and Studiefrämjandet i Malmö.
Free entrance, limited number of seats.
After Work Shop
Sunday 22.4 1–2.45 PM
C–salen, Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7, Malmö
Matilda Plöjel, Sailor Press
Jens Henricson och Jerker Knape, Woodpecker Projects
Helena Fernandez Cavada, artist
The artist in collaboration with the designer, a conversation by Thomas Millroth, art critic and author, and Joakim Norling, publisher Timglaset.
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial and Studiefrämjandet i Malmö.
Free entrance, limited number of seats.
Workshop
Hedi Kyle´s folded book structures – workshop at KKV Grafik
22.4 1–4 PM
KKV Grafik, Västmanlandsgatan 3, 5th floor, Malmö
In this workshop you will learn to fold three of Hedi Kyle’s innovative
book models – the Pocketfold, the Blizzard book and the Crown binding.
These are structures that through just folding – no glue – can be used as
container for loose sheets of paper.
Pre cut material will be used and tools will be available to bo rrow.
If, however – you have your own bonefolder , please bring it.
Workshop leader is Eva Hejdström, who is an artist and bookbinder .She has learnt several of Hedi Kyle’s folded structures from bookbinders who has studied with Hedi Kyle herself.
This workshop will be delivered in English.
Max number of participants: 20
Joint arr. MABB – Malmö Artist’s Book Biennial, Studiefrämjandet i Malmö and KKV Grafik.