London Art Book Fair 2011 Events Programme

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Friday

In Conversation: Cornelia Parker and Kirsty Ogg
11.30am-12.30pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Artist Cornelia Parker and Whitechapel Gallery Curator Kirsty Ogg discuss Parker’s interest in found objects, moon landings and recent works including The Folkestone Mermaid and Landscape with Gun and Tree. Accompanying the artist’s limited edition series of artworks created using a 400-year-old iron meteorite and maps of the US.
In association with The Multiple Store
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Discussion: Familiars: Artists Reimagine the Classics
1-2pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Four Corners Books’ Familiars series presents artists’ responses to classic novels and  short stories, taking a fresh look at the tradition of the illustrated novel. Designer John Morgan and artists Gareth Jones, David Musgrave, Donald Urquhart and Mireille Fauchon discuss the series and their differing approaches.
In association with Four Corners Books
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In Conversation: James Brett and Achim Borchardt-Hume
2-3pm, Study Studio (Free)
Founder of The Museum of Everything, James Brett discusses the evolution of self-taught and non-traditional art with Whitechapel Gallery Chief Curator Achim Borchardt-Hume, exploring intentionality in art making, and the role played by the independent museum.
In association with The Museum of Everything
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Talk: Education with Felicity Allen
2.30-3.45pm, Zilkha Auditorium (£5/£3 conc.)
Artist, educator and Editor of Education, the latest reader in the Whitechapel Gallery’s Documents of Contemporary Art series, Felicity Allen, discusses her selection of key texts addressing art and education through political, cultural and social histories or contexts.
In association with Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press
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Big Ideas: Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith
4.30-6pm, Zilkha Auditorium (£7/£5 conc.)
Founding editors of UbuWeb and leading figures in conceptual writing, Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith present a special keynote lecture to coincide with the launch of their latest books: Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing and Uncreative Writing. Plus a reading by LA-based writer Vanessa Place from Statement of Facts, a conceptual writing piece informed by her work as a defence lawyer for alleged sex offenders.
In association with information as material
Supported by Stanley Picker Trust
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Talk: A Little History of Philosophy: Nigel Warburton
5-6pm, Study Studio (Free)
Lecturer Nigel Warburton introduces Western philosophy’s great thinkers and the ideas that shape key questions about the nature of reality, the world and the human condition.
In association with Yale University Press
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Announcement: Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust Awards
During the first day of the Fair, the Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust Awards selection panel will award purchase prizes for artists' books up to the value of £500. The panel includes Richard Price, Head of Content and Research Stategy at The British Library, Elizabeth James, Senior Librarian, National Art Library Collections at the V&A, Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints at the V&A and Trust representatives Marc Balakjian and Victoria Bartlett. The winning books will then be donated by the Trust to the National Art Library at the V&A.

Saturday

Publish and be Damned Soapbox
11am-6pm, Foyer
A pop-up stall launching new and current publications by members of artist-run organisation Publish and be Damned. The continually changing stall includes the inaugural issue of The London Bookshop Map and launch issue of their magazine.
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In Conversation: Mark Wallinger and Martin Herbert
12-1pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger discusses the issues that inform his work - from politics to sport, class to religion - with Martin Herbert, Associate Editor of Art Review and author of Mark, the first full monograph on Wallinger’s work.
In association with Thames & Hudson
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In Conversation: Turning the virtual page: The digital future of art publishing
12-1pm, Study Studio (Free)
How do digital devices change reading experiences and what opportunities are there for collaborations between writers, developers and designers? Sophie Rochester, founder of The Literary Platform and Clare Hey, Editor, Shortfire Press, explore the impact of mobile technologies on art publishing.
In association with Alpha-ville, International Festival of Post-digital Culture
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Workshop: Emotional Learning
1.15-2.15pm, Study Studio (Free)
Artist Gayle Chong Kwan and Jo Evans, a creative therapist from A Space, explores practical and creative ways to use Iniva’s Emotional Learning Cards at home and in school, gallery and museum contexts.
In association with Iniva
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Panel Discussion: Artist as Writer with Jon Thompson
1.30-2.30pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Reflecting on the collected writings of British artist, writer, curator and influential Goldsmiths tutor Jon Thompson, this discussion focuses on artists who write and teach. Speakers also include writer JJ Charlesworth and artist Patrick Coyle.
In association with Ridinghouse and Akerman Daly
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Book Launch: Anthony Luvera: Residency
2.00-4.00pm, bookRoom, stand 57 (Free)
The bookRoom hosts the launch of the publication Residency by Anthony Luvera. This book encompasses photographs made over a 16 month period by the artist and people who have experienced homelessness living in Belfast. Residency consists of a series of large-format Assisted Self-Portraits, landscape images of Belfast and documentation of Luvera’s working practice through photographs and production polaroids, and features essays by Dr Anthony Downey (Sotheby's Institute) and Dr Colin Graham (NUI, Maynooth). Published by Belfast Exposed Photography.

Talk: Polke in the Plural
2.30-3.30pm, Study Studio (Free)
Petra Lange-Berndt, lecturer in History of Art at UCL, introduces the art and life of Sigmar Polke in relation to the communal living, collaborations and activism of the 1970s.
In association with Koenig Books and Thames & Hudson
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Workshop: Kinetic Constructions
2-4.30pm, Creative Studio (£10/£8 conc.)
Join artist Katherine Jones, creator of the book Bubble High, and KALEID editions to construct a series of kinetic books, suspended as a flock of birds. For all ages.
In association with KALEID editions
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Discussion: Cultural Piracy
2.45-3.45pm, Zilkha Auditorium (£5/£3 conc.)
Where does the creative act lie in the process of copying? Cultural piracy is pervading publishing worldwide, but what makes these new forms original and what issues are raised? Participants include artist Andrea Francke, initiator of The Piracy Project; Eva Weinmayr, Co-director of AND Publishing; Kenneth Goldsmith, founder, UbuWeb; and Nick Thurston, Editor of information as material.
In association with information as material
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Book Signing: John Stezaker
4pm, Foyer
The artist will be signing copies of his new publication Film Stills.
In association with Ridinghouse 

Film: Laure Prouvost
4-5.30pm, Zilkha Auditorium (£6/£4 conc.)
The artist’s new commission The Wanderer is inspired by artist Rory Macbeth’s translation of a Kafka novella from German into English without any knowledge of the German language. Prouvost and Macbeth explore the film’s development and present clips from the film.
In association with Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), Book Works and Spike Island
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Discussion: Developing Digital Content
4-5.15pm, Study Studio (Free)
What tools, platforms and information cultures are available to artists and publishers developing content for digital art books? With Jasiek Mischke, artist and bookseller, Sophie Rochester, The Literary Platform, Niels Schrader, graphic designer and Simon Worthington, Mute Publishing.
In association with Valiz
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Book Signing: Wolfgang Tillmans
Foyer, 5pm
Artist Wolfgang Tillmans signs copies of his new book in which his abstract photographs are brought together for the first time in a single publication.
In association with Hatje Cantz
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Sunday

Film: Kenneth Anger: Scorpio Rising
11.15am-11.45am, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Icon of experimental underground cinema, Kenneth Anger has had a major impact on art, music and film. Coinciding with Alice L. Hutchison’s new book on his work, this screening plunges into the biker subculture and showcases Anger’s groundbreaking techniques as he exchanges dialogue for a rock and roll soundtrack.
In association with Black Dog Publishing
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In Conversation: Paul Noble and John-Paul Stonard
12-1pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
British artist Paul Noble discusses his recent work and forthcoming exhibition, presenting his vast and intricate graphite drawings, which create an alternate plane of strangely deserted Piranesian spaces made up of complex architecture and desolate dystopias with John-Paul Stonard, art historian. Noble addresses his diverse sources of inspiration, exploration of artistic mediums and eccentric themes.
In association with Gagosian Gallery
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In Conversation: The Future of Art
1.15-2.15pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Is art today inescapably dominated by the globalised art market and can artists resist commodification? Sean Cubitt, Professor of Global Media and Communication at Winchester School of Art, and John Roberts, Professor of Art and Aesthetics, University of Wolverhampton, explore the tactical social options and new media technologies available to contemporary art that provide potential for the future.
In association with Third Text
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Workshop: Rubber Stamps
2-4.30pm, Creative Studio (£10/£8 conc.)
Join artist Stephen Fowler and KALEID editions to create rubber stamps from erasers and homemade ink pads using dishcloths and drawing ink to produce small pamphlet books. Take home a souvenir publication of the group’s prints.
Suitable for all ages.
In association with KALEID editions
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Performance: Mel Brimfield
3-4pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Artist Mel Brimfield gives a lecture by Sir Francis Spalding, the figurehead of fictional TV series This Is Performance Art who will sporadically share extracts of his soon-to-be broadcast diaries documenting a fascinating life spent rubbing shoulders with some of the key protagonists of performance art history.
In association with Black Dog Publishing
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Talk and screening: Corinne Day: Heaven is Real
4-5pm, Zilkha Auditorium (Free)
Alice Correia, lecturer in Art History at University of Sussex introduces the early work of fashion photographer Corinne Day, followed by a screening of a documentary charting her career. A short film made by Day and her husband Mark in 1993 for MTV will also be shown. This event coincides with a new publication and exhibition of her photographs.
In association with Gimpel Fils and Mörel Books
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Talk: Ruins with Brian Dillon
4.30-5.45pm, Study Studio (£5/£3 conc.)
UK editor of Cabinet and the latest reader in the Whitechapel Gallery’s Documents of Contemporary Art series, Brian Dillon, explores the idea of ruins in the contemporary cultural consciousness through art and writing.
In association with Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press
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Throughout the weekend:

Foyer stall: information as material
Whitechapel Gallery Writers in Residence information as material design a limited edition tote bag for the fair, give away free poster editions and display their publications. Read their essay Do or DIY in The London Art Book Fair catalogue.
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Performance: Ode to Words
Fri-Sun 3-4pm, Various Locations
Over the course of the weekend performers will circulate throughout the Fair reading from a score based on the Grand Academy of Lagado from Gulliver’s Travels. The words for the score have been selected and reformulated by Sophie Loss.
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A Poster Project
Friday and Sunday, 2-3pm, Foyer
As part of the Book Works touring exhibition Again, A Time Machine, artist Jonathan Monk has initiated an instructional poster project in which a pair of artist-made posters are repeatedly fly posted, re-pasted and re-photographed to create new works. The project will culminate at the end of the exhibition’s tour with a limited edition set of 12 posters in spring 2012. Visit the Whitechapel Gallery’s Foyer to pick up free artists’ posters from this stage of the project.
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Resonance 104.4fm
London’s arts radio station, Resonance 104.4fm, broadcast recorded events throughout the weekend. Also streamed via resonancefm.com.
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The Portable Reading Room
Enter this flat-pack enclosed structure that functions as a gallery, bookshop and social space, as well as a venue for experimental works which use the practices of reading, writing and publication. The Wild Pansy Press bring to the Fair this latest project - a homage to one of the pavilions designed for the Whitechapel Gallery’s 1956 exhibition This is Tomorrow.
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