Printed Matter hosts a New York launch for Code—X : Paper, Ink, Pixel and Screen on Thursday 12th November, 6 to 8pm. The event includes a talk by co-editor Danny Aldred & a presentation by Paul Soulellis (contributor), BOOK IS THE BOOK, a reading in 103 parts, illustrated by Google. (see images above) CODE X is a [read more]
A bookRoom press publication edited by Danny Aldred and Emmanuelle Waeckerlé. With a foreword by Alessandro Ludovico and endnotes by John Warwicker. Code X brings together a selection of personal histories of the current ‘transforming’ and ‘expanding’ of the book medium with the aim to challenge the very notion of what it could be(come) in today’s complex information era. The design of Code—X within [read more]
On Innards represents Amanda Couch second book project with bookRoom, a logical follow up to the epic Reflection on digestion. On Innards is a multidisciplinary project developed by Amanda Couch, Andrew Hladky, and Mindy Lee, working in collaboration with bookwork artist, designer and ex bookRoom artist in residence Richard Nash. Together they explore the changing conceptualisations of guts [read more]
This year’s bookRoom display is curated by David Rule and will include two brand new bookRoom press publications by Amanda Couch, Andrew Hladky, Mindy Lee and Richard Nash; and David Rule as well as new book works by Greg Jones, Mariya Ustymenko (bookRoom artist in residence) and Emmanuelle Waeckerle. As part of the fair’s events programme ‘On Innards’, a limited edition collaborative publication exploring the [read more]
a limited edition photobook, a zine, and a book sculpture by Mariya Ustymenko, completed in April 2015 during an Arts Council funded residency with bookRoom under the guidance of Akina, London. Fear of Disappearance sets out to explore the notion of one’s connection to a particular space and its architectural landscape and represents a very [read more]