23 May. 2013

OMMU at THE BOOK AFFAIR

May 29-31, 2013
Opening conference and presentation of the fair: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 6–9 pm
The Library of San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo, Castello 5065, Venice, Italy

“The Book Affair” is a two day independent publishing fair to be held in the occasion of 55th Venice Art Biennale and organized by Automatic Books publishing house and A Plus A Slovenian Exhibition Centre, with the support of the Municipality of Venice. Following the successful first edition organized in 2011, “The Book Affair” will be held at the public library of San Lorenzo in Venice, Italy on the 30th and 31st of May 2013.

Free and open to the public, “The Book Affair” is a unique event featuring more than 30 selected international publishers, distributors and collectors dedicated to the production of books, printed matter, art catalogues, monographs, periodicals and zines. “The Book Affair” will also include a series of special projects, conferences, exhibitions and events organized with the idea of examining the production of books in contemporary art.

The Book Affair

12 Feb. 2013

OMMU is happy to announce Alex Turgeon’s Thoughts for Food solo show in Athens.

Taking up a glass
A clash of forks
Romance reflected
Off a dinner plate
To a symphony of pointed sticks

Slipping into slow bake
Hunched over a stove
Slave to the rhythm
Of a perfect meringue

Hells Kitchen
Kneaded out of the knots
Of a special loaf
For watching the world turn

To not give a fig
For good measure
To sweeten parched lips
Of salivating salvation

The still life has become situated somewhere between a mode of expression and an expression of fashion. Thoughts for Food is a look into questioning the therapeutic and benign potential of the domesticated lifestyle franchise. By taking on stylistic qualities of surrealism and product photography, Thoughts for Food considers the space between advertising and abstraction to illustrate the fleeting romanticism of desire.

Alex Turgeon, Thoughts for Food
Friday February 15th – Saturday March 2nd, 2013
Alex Turgeon

06 Jan. 2013

OMMU at LA Art Book Fair
1st – 3rd February 2012
Preview 31st January 2012
Presented by Printed Matter, Inc.
at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Printed Matter presents the first annual LA Art Book Fair, from February 1-3, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. An opening will be held on the evening of Thursday, January 31.

Free and open to the public, the LA Art Book Fair is a unique event for artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines presented by more than 210 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians, artists, and independent publishers from twenty countries.

Preview: Thursday, January 31, 6–9 pm
Friday, February 1, 11-5 pm
Saturday, February 2, 11 am–6 pm
Sunday, February 3, 12 am–6 pm

LA Art Book Fair

30 Nov. 2012

ROOKIE comes together in 3 parts: art book exhibition, publishing trade show and discussion series. “Rookie” is a term borrowed from the world of professional sports which describes someone who’s at the very threshold of their professional career, someone who doesn’t have much experience, someone who is usually fated to spend most matches on the reserve bench. A “Rookie” isn’t an amateur, but a player who hasn’t yet achieved his full potential. A player who knows his worth and that he must prove himself on the field. In the framework of the ROOKIE FESTIVAL, the word takes on a new meaning in the context of books, describing both the youngest generation of independent publishers in Poland and the newbie nature of the event itself, with this edition being the very first of its kind in Poland. Those participating in “Rookie” – artists, curators, publishers, graphic designers – are professionals in their fields and their combined efforts have brought about an entirely new setting for the increasingly popular realm of the art book.

ROOKIE

16 Nov. 2012

OMMU at PA/PER VIEW PORTO

24th – 25th November 2012

For the 4th satellite edition of PA/PER VIEW, taking place in the beautiful city centre of Porto at Maus Habitos, more than 20 publishers will present their publications.

Hours: 12 – 8 pm

Maus Habitos
Rua Passos Manuel 178
4000 Porto, Portugal

PA/PER VIEW

10 Oct. 2012

OMMU is pleased to present “Postcards and Rare Multiples”, an exhibition of just what the words say, postcards and rare multiples, designed and produced for and by Eric Wrenn OFFICE. This is a practice that signals an impressive implementation of graphic design as an exercise in providing space for the wild circulation of images and information to slow down and find new configurations; configurations that let the quality of its content—be it clever, elegant or even stupid—communicate like the clouds of smoke from Magritte’s pipe. A personal business card as an American flag is a good example, where the stars and stripes are put to use as an image that expresses one’s personal contact without the need of an email. An artist book for Robin Cameron that is orchestrated as a three-act play is another, adding curtains and a spotlight to amplify the theatricality of Cameron’s practice that self-consciously performs its very artistic subjectivity. Even the layouts produced for SUP Magazine are designed in such a manner that activates its pages with a restless compositional experimentation, coupling text and image to the cadence of a conversation, and ultimately managing one of the most successful defibrillations of print music journalism in this weird new age of blogs, pdfs and microblogs. With works produced specifically for OMMU, “Postcards and Rare Multiples” is a chance to see this noteworthy practice respond and reconfigue itself specifically for the exhibition format. Noteworthy among these is the Eric Wrenn OFFICE design portfolio—photographed by frequent collaborator Milan Zrnic and seen online at ericwrennoffice.com—output in the format of a tourist shop postcard rack. Also included is perhaps the most concise expression of Eric Wrenn OFFICE’s design approach. Perhaps it is a koan-style philosophy like this: the designer must reach the point where the design is also not the design, that is to say, the designer himself. Such words are just to clarify—by way of new age nonsense—the fact that, while this exhibition is on view, OMMU will function as a branch of Eric Wrenn OFFICE.

Eric Wrenn OFFICE at OMMU
Postcards and Rare Multiples
12-27 October, 2012

Eric Wrenn OFFICE

05 Oct. 2012

OMMU at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair
October 6th–7th, 2012
Reception: Friday, October 5th, 8pm

Project Space and presenting partner Fillip host the first annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair. Drawing from publishers local and international, VA/BF showcases emerging practices and contemporary dialogues in publication through a series of talks, book launches, readings and more, as well as more than seventy publishers of books, magazines, zines and printed ephemera.
VA/BF arose in response to the lack of international art book fairs in Canada and on the West Coast, as well as in acknowledgment of the rich history and current energy in artist publishing in Vancouver and Canada.

VA/BF is an extension of Project Space’s mission to act as a platform for engagement with and critical exploration of publication. Situated at an intersection of disciplines—namely the visual arts, literary arts and/or critical design—publication presents a unique space of inquiry that is often complemented by interdisciplinary practice, collaboration or co-production. With this in mind, the fair will explore publication in a way that is inclusive of dialogues in the visual and literary arts, as well as graphic design.

Hours and Location
Reception: Friday, October 5th, 8 pm
Project Space, 222 E Georgia Street

Saturday, October 6th, 12pm – 7pm
Sunday, October 7th, 12pm – 7:30pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street

Vancouver Art/Book Fair

20 Sep. 2012

OMMU at NY Art Book Fair
28th – 30th September 2012
Preview 27th September 2012
Presented by Printed Matter, Inc.
at MoMA PS1

Printed Matter presents the seventh annual NY Art Book Fair, from September 28 to 30, at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. A preview will be held on the evening of Thursday, September 27.

Free and open to the public, the NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines presented by more than 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians, artists, and independent publishers from over twenty countries.

Preview: Thursday, September 27, 6–9 pm
Friday, September 28, 12 pm–7 pm
Saturday, September 29, 11 am–9 pm
Sunday, September 30, 11 am–7 pm

MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue
Long Island City, NY

NY Art Book Fair