ART FAIRS:MISS READ-The Berlin Art Book Fair 2016
MISS READ-The Berlin Art Book Fair has developed into one of the most important meeting points of artist/authors, publishers, art magazines and institutions. For its 7th edition, Miss Read returns to Akademie der Künste, who will provide their main exhibition halls at Hanseatenweg. A special focus in 2016 will be exhibitors of Spanish-speaking countries.
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: The Berlin Art Book Fair 2016 Archive
MISS READ-The Berlin Art Book Fair at Akademie der Künste Berlin brings together a wide selection of 200 publishers, art periodicals and artists/authors. Founded in 2009, MISS READ is Europe’s Art Book Festival, dedicated to community-building and creating a public meeting place for discourse around artists´ books, conceptual publications and publishing as practice. Featuring 200 international participants with this years special focus on Spanish-speaking countries, MISS READ will be accompanied by series of lectures, discussions, book launches and workshops, exploring the boundaries of contemporary publishing and the possibilities of the book. On Friday (10/6/16), MISS READ STAGE focuses on Publishing as Artistic Practice with panels, book presentations and lectures by Annette Gilbert, Eleanor Vonne Brown, Eva Weinmayr, Hannes Bajohr, Paul Soullelis and the Mexican collective Rrréplica. The colective springs from two distinct traditions: the strategies of production and distribution developed by political editors oppressed under authoritarianism, and the groups of artists working through networks to take their work directly to the streets, avoiding market restrictions. Classic authoritarian rule spanned for much of the 20th Century in Mexico. The access to the press was controlled by the government, punishing print shops that serviced nonconforming workers and students. In this oppressive background, mimeograph printers had their baptism by fire, when student subversion and governmental repression marked a historic peak in 1968. Art schools and homes became printing headquarters for combative materials -often remarkable for their graphic quality. Borrowing from the history of dissent and art in Mexico, Réplica encompasses each member’s specific identity and aims to discuss the nature of technologies, such as the digital duplicator, and the modes of organization it allows. Réplica stands to create spaces of dialogue and exchange. On Saturday (11/6/16), the 4th Conceptual Poetics Day explores the imaginary border between visual art and literature. It features readings, talks, performances and books by Eugen Gomringer, James Sherry, Matvei Yankelevich, Cordula Daus, Paul Soulellis, Franz Thalmair, Lois Bartel, Stefan Riebel, Ignacio Uriarte, Hank Schmidt in der Beek, Annette Gilbert, Thomas Thiel, Arno Auer and Cia Rinne.
Info: Akademie der Künste Berlin, Halle 1 + Halle 2, Hanseatenweg 10, Berlin, Days & Hours: Fri (10/6/16) 17:00-21:00, Sat-Sun (11-12/16) 12:00-19:00, www.adk.de/en/academy
