The book, the exhibition and interrelating practices
The book, the exhibition and interrelating practices is my Master thesis for ECAL Lausanne.
Originally the book was intended as an industrial object, to be widely distributed and to be a mass medium. As we can observe, over time the book has retreated in certain areas while strengthening in others. Today we find a smaller section that enjoys great popularity in parts of contemporary art, literature, graphic design and smaller publishing scenes. (…)
Considering a book and the page itself as a space and seeing parallels between exhibition visitors and readers of books, I’m convinced that active engagement with other practices stimulates interrelationships and broadens perspectives, ways of thinking and working and expands horizons. In the following work I explore not only the different spaces, but also the different approaches to practices associated with the production of books in conjunction with exhibitions. I talk to different people from the fields of art, curation, publishing and editorial design about methods and processes, overlaps, intersections, interrelationships, about roles and responsibilities and practice reflection.
The book contains Interviews with Rory McGrath, Oliver Knight (OK-RM, InOtherWords) and Thomas Poulsen (FOS), Julia Born and Adam Szymczyk, Markus Dressen (Spector Books).
