Friday
6-9pm Offsite at VILLAGE
Screw X Village Exhibition Launch
STILL LIVING HAND TO MOUTH AND FOOT TO FACE by K. T. KOBEL
Village Books, Oldham Street, M4 1LN
villagebooks.co / @villagebooks.co / screw.gallery / @screwgallery
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10pm-4am Offsite at The Peer Hat
Bound Art Book Fair 2022 Launch Party
Peer Hat, Faraday Street, M1 1BE
@thepeerhat
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Saturday
11am-12pm
lowkey: Kevin Hunt and Matt Retallick in conversation
Artist Kevin Hunt and curator/art historian Matt Retallick discuss Kevin’s newly published book (lowkey) - an extension of the artist's recent solo exhibition of the same name at KARST in Plymouth, which was curated by Retallick. Intermittently during Bound Art Book Fair, Kevin’s own writing - published for the first time in (lowkey) - will be read by many different people in different spaces within the Whitworth. These texts, like scripts, are designed to be spoken aloud; this will be their debut.
@sculptureartman / @matt_retallick
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12-1pm
Panel Discussion: SEEN Magazine
SEEN is a new music magazine founded by three Manchester-based music industry professionals: Tunde Adekoya, Kamila Rymajdo and Balraj Samrai. SEEN present a panel discussion with the founders and writers Tayyab Amin and Santina Robinson, whose work features in Issue One.
seenuniverse.com / @seen_universe
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12:30-1:30pm
Workshop: What is collective joy? with Stephanie Francis-Shanahan
Stephanie Francis-Shanahan is an artist and self publisher. This workshop explores what collective joy is and how important it can be. You will be able to decorate postcards with quotes from key texts on the topic that will be collected and sent on to you after the fair for you to spread some joy! :)
stephaniefrancisshanahan.com / @tobycarveryprincessxoxo
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1:30-2:30pm
Keynote speaker: Nigel Shafran
British photographer Nigel Shafran's work delves into self-motivated projects, commercial commissions (including i-D and The Face) and teaching. His work is held in prestigious institutions around the world and covers a wide spectrum of photographic approaches. His most recent publications from Loose Joints, ‘The Well’, highlights his sharp yet sensitive eye in the context of his work on commercial and fashion briefs, bringing a kitchen sink social documentary style and irreverent personality to the pages of some of the industry's biggest publications.
nigelshafran.com
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2-3pm
Reading: Daniella Watson Hughes
Conceived, delivered and received in the bloom of pestilence, of absence and abstinence, HOW PAM FELT BEFORE PAM FLED (Nuts and Bolts Publishing) is an entity with intent. It is a collection of short stories and art writing fragments concerning the characters Pam & Sam, with accompanying drawings by Joanne Robertson, an artist and musician based in Glasgow. Daniella will be reading from the new publication at various locations around Whitworth Park; search and see…
@daniellamwatson
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2:30-3:30pm
Workshop: Kat Wood
Artist Kat Wood presents a workshop on the process of cyanotype printing, using archival and found images of rural political movements. The workshop will explore the perception of the British countryside and the popular myth of the rural idyll, alongside experimenting with alternative printing techniques.
katwood.uk / @_kwood___
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3:30-4:30pm
Yushi Li in conversation with Matthew Holroyd of Baron Books
Yushi Li discusses her debut book, Baroness by Yushi Li, published by Baron, which presents a journey of desire, fantasy and looking, through a photographic study of the male body. The talk will be followed by a book signing of Li’s new book. Baron is a book publishing house, based in London, exploring sex, gender and sexuality through a fine art, fashion and photography lens.
@yushilii / baronbooks.co.uk / @baron_books
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5:30-8pm Offsite at VILLAGE
Book Launch: Kind is Cool by Stephanie Francis-Shanahan & Clem Macleod
Village Books, Oldham Street, M4 1LN
villagebooks.co / @villagebooks.co
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5:30-7:30pm Offsite at Pesté
Book Launch: HOW PAM FELT BEFORE PAM FLED by Daniella Watson Hughes
Pesté {AD England}, Oldham Road, M4 5EB
@ad_england
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8-11pm Offsite at Pesté
Fanfare Soundtrack Exhibition
Pesté {AD England}, Oldham Road, M4 5EB
@ad_england / new-dimension.net
Sunday
12-1pm
Artist talk: The Sustainable Darkroom with Edd Carr
Photography, as a product of mass consumption, is embroiled in a legacy of toxic materials. Whether it is silver waste in analogue, or mounds of digital microchips - photography is ripe for ecological transformation. Edd Carr will talk about the work with his organisation, The Sustainable Darkroom, in shaping a new ecological future for photography.
sustainabledarkroom.com / @_eddcarr_ / @sustainabledarkroom
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1-2pm
Artist talk: David O'Mara
For his talk David will give an overview of his underlying concepts and ideas which involves documenting his daily life as a painter and decorator. Bookmaking has played a central role in O’Mara’s process which he will expand upon in his talk.
@detrituszine
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1-2pm
Workshop: The Sustainable Darkroom
Join Edd Carr for a workshop exploring light sensitive pigments found in plants and how they can be used to make biodegradable photographic images and learn a brief history of Anthotypes within digital processes.
sustainabledarkroom.com / @_eddcarr_ / @sustainabledarkroom
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2-3pm
Abu’l Hadid vs the Computer: the Rise and Fall of Arabic Sign Calligraphy
Rami Abu Shakra and Ben Rejali discuss independent publishing in Beirut and their work, Abu’l Hadid vs the Computer, an interview and archival project examining the changing face of Arabic design and the gradual decline of Beirut’s traditional street calligraphers whose work adorns the city’s signs. Presented by Khabar Keslan, a critical review featuring art and critique based in Beirut, Lebanon.
khabarkeslan.com / @khabarkeslan
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3-4pm
Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press, with Paul Gorman
Totally Wired by journalist Paul Gorman is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing the rise and fall of the creatively fertile media sector from the 1950s to the 2000s, and tackling head-on the entrenched sexism and racism faced by women and people from marginalised backgrounds by shining a spotlight on those publications and individuals whose contributions have often been unfairly overlooked.
paulgormanis.com
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