My Bookcase

03/01/2020

‘What does it mean to be the ‘fellow-worker and accomplice’ of a (modernist) writer?’ is the title of our upcoming workshop (7Feb, 10-4pm) with the New Modernist Editing group! A one-day workshop exploring the role of the editor through visits to & archives, readings and a Socratic Dialogue!

For more info and to apply follow: https://www.mybookcase.org/workshop-with-new-modernist-editing/

*Note: all UK travels and accommodation will be covered!

01/09/2019

01/09/2019

So lucky to have worked with DPR-barcelona, learnt from you and take you to Italy in the form of this READER.

For anyone interested in the exploration of the book as a space of encounter, this compilation of texts is invaluable.

https://issuu.com/ethel.baraona/docs/place_people_time_reader_ff

30/06/2019

"Readers & Publishers aims to bridge the gap between the arts and publishing"

Read our interview with Kelly Mostert from 'The Institute of Network Cultures' about our latest project 'Readers & Publishers'

Full interview:
http://networkcultures.org/makingpublic/2019/05/27/336/

01/05/2019

5May is the deadline to apply to 'Place People and Time' residency!

PLACE, PEOPLE and TIME: publishing as an artistic practice
Sun 25 – Sat 31 August 2019

This group Residency has been devised by The Museum of Loss and Renewal (Tracy Mackenna & Edwin Janssen) in partnership with My Bookcase. It is offered for creative practitioners working with printed matter and publishing as an artistic practice and for those who have a strong interest in this area.

Focal points of the Residency
Publishing as an artistic practice
Independent publishing
Collective knowledge
Individual practice
The book as a platform for encounters
Artist’s Books
Natural environment

The group Residency will provide a partially-structured and hands-on programme. Alongside individual practice, the Residency will have a focus on knowledge exchange, creating opportunities to learn from each other.

The Residency experience is designed to stimulate new ways of thinking and experimentation through production, research, learning and presentation. Residents will work collectively and individually. The Residency is devised around the idea of the book as a platform for creative encounters. By listening, looking and making residents will investigate image, text, typography, object and context relationships. In addition to each Resident’s individual work, there will be a final outcome in the form of a collective publication with ISBN that will be published by The Museum of Loss and Renewal.

The Residency will have an offline engagement with international relevant experts and like-minded initiatives that will provide bespoke content, expanding the Residency in time and space. For it we are happy to work with MAP Magazine (https://mapmagazine.co.uk) and The Future Publishing (http://printthefuture.nl).

The Residency is located in Collemacchia, a small village within Italy’s National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, a protected area of exceptional significance and beauty.

More info: http://www.tmolar.org/residencies.html

24/04/2019

We are very happy to be taking part of Arts Libris, the yearly Art and Design Book Fair in Barcelona (also situated in Madrid and Lisboa). The 2019 edition of ArtsLibris marks its 10th anniversary!

To celebrate this special edition, we will be part of their Public Programme with our latest project Readers & Publishers (www.readersandpublishers.org). Join us on Saturday 27th (7-8.30pm) for the workshop 'Illes de llibres' (Islands of Books) where to explore together ArtsLibris Fair as a landscape of islands of knowledge. During the workshop, we will discover new routes to navigate the Fair and create our own maps that offer an alternative reading of ArtsLibris 2019.

More info: http://artslibris.cat/en

24/04/2019

23/04/2019

Books, instruments that help us increase our knowledge. Enjoy a unique and exclusive collection of My Bookcase in and celebrate with us .

23/04/2019

Happy Sant Jordi! Today Barcelona is covered with book stalls around its streets, markets and plazas to celebrate Sant Jordi (Saint George) patron saint of Catalonia since the 19th century and a strong symbol of Catalan lands.

During the weekend (26th - 28th of April), ArtsLibris, the yearly Art and Design Book Fair in Barcelona (also situated in Madrid and Lisboa) will take place. The 2019 edition of ArtsLibris marks its 10th anniversary!

Our latest project Readers&Publishers (www.readersandpublishers.org) has been invited to take part of ArtsLibris' anniversary edition with the workshop 'Illes de llibres' (Islands of Books) as part of their Public Programme. Join us on Saturday 27th (7-8.30pm) to explore together ArtsLibris Fair as a landscape of islands of knowledge. During the workshop, we will discover new routes to navigate the Fair and create our own maps that offer an alternative reading of ArtsLibris 2019.

More info: http://artslibris.cat/en

07/02/2019

During this edition of Printing Plant we had the pleasure of collaborating with My Bookcase, where they launched their new online directory platform Readers & Publishers.

This social enterprise focuses on the relationship between books and its readers in a contemporary society. The launch of Readers & Publishers was accompanied by a stimulating conversation between Francis Mckee (Director of Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow), David Maroto (co-founder The Book Lovers Project), and Astrid Vorsterman (founder Valiz, books and projects).

More info: http://looiersgracht60.org/calendar/event/saturday-printing-plant-public-programme

Photograph by Iris Duvekot.

14/12/2018

Nice to read that the launch of our new project 'Readers & Publishers' (www.readersandpublishers.org) was mentioned in the Dutch newspaper 'Het Parool'. The article shares a selection of projects that were part of 'Printing Plant' Amsterdam Art Book Fair. Printing Plant took place on 23-25 November 2018 and was organised by Looiersgracht60.

Grenzeloos
Amsterdam speelt nog steeds een belangrijke rol in de productie en distributie van kunstlenaarsboeken, maar het veld is internationaler geworden. Om het onderlinge contact te versterken, lanceert My Bookcase een nieuw digital platform. Uitgevers, kunstenaars en lezers kunnen hier grenzeloos informatie uitwisselen over zeldame of opmerkelijke uitgaven. Maar ook discussiëren over de criteria waar kunstennarsboeken aan moeten voldoen.
by Edo Dijksterhuis

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Limitless
Amsterdam still plays an important role in the production and distribution of artists' books, but the field has become more international. In order to strengthen mutual contact, My Bookcase launches a new digital platform. Publishers, artists and readers can freely exchange information about rare or remarkable publications here. But also discuss the criteria that arts books have to meet.
by Edo Dijksterhuis