Collecting Artists' Books #2: Henie Onstad

The second episode in a series about collecting artists' books. Ana María Bresciani and Elise Storsveen presents artists' books from Henie Onstad Kunstsenter's collection on display at the exhibition "An Exhilarating Experience for a Young Mind". Language: Norwegian. Editor: Fredrik Rysjedal

Collecting Artists' Books #1: KMD Library

The first episode in a series about collecting artists' books. Trond Søbstad, librarian at the KMD Library presents their artists book collection. Language: Norwegian with English text. Video editor: Fredrik Rysjedal

Smør Press

Smør Press at Bergen Art Book Affair in Ålesund

Radha Pandey

Radha Pandey at Bergen Art Book Affair in Ålesund

Knust/Extrapool

Knust/Extrapool at Bergen Art Book Affair in Ålesund

Imi Maufe

Imi Maufe at Bergen Art Book Affair in Ålesund

Breton Cassette

Breton Cassette at Bergen Art Book Affair in Ålesund

Blokk Forlag

Blokk forlag at Bergen Art Book Affair in Ålesund

IMG ZINE 4: The Chronicles by Afarin Alsharif

IMG ZINE is a series of zines made for being published on social media. Invited artists were given the assignment of making a maximum 10 page zine about imagining and / or reflecting on the future after the pandemic.
Project is supported by Fritt Ord.
IMG ZINE on Instagram

IMG ZINE 3: I Cannot Even Imagine Tomorrow by TEXSTpress

IMG ZINE is a series of zines made for being published on social media. Invited artists were given the assignment of making a maximum 10 page zine about imagining and / or reflecting on the future after the pandemic.
TEXST Press exhibitor page
Project is supported by Fritt Ord.
IMG ZINE on Instagram

Les Pinatas (instagram live)

E.R.M.R.A.

Espen Friberg and Marianne Røthe Arnesen talks about their projects and the newly published zine More Free Gifts (Nieves/Northing/Pamflett)

Book Launch: GYM by Hilde Honerud

Video launch of GYM by Hilde Honerud, published by Heavy Books. Video credit: Heavy Books
https://heavybooks.net/gym/

IMG ZINE 1: New Normal by Sayo Senoo

IMG ZINE is a series of zines made for being published on social media. Invited artists were given the assignment of making a maximum 10 page zine about imagining and / or reflecting on the future after the pandemic.
Sayo Senoo exhibitor page
Project is supported by Fritt Ord.
IMG ZINE on Instagram

IMG ZINE 2: Ny Sti Her by Jessica Williams

IMG ZINE is a series of zines made for being published on social media. Invited artists were given the assignment of making a maximum 10 page zine about imagining and / or reflecting on the future after the pandemic.
Jessica Williams/Hverdag Books exhibitor page.
Project is supported by Fritt Ord.
IMG ZINE on Instagram

Book Launch: KRAFT Press

BOOK LAUNCH: Utstilling by Edy Poppy (KRAFT Press, Parallell series #2) Video credit: KRAFT

Book Launch: MOLAF Circumflexions

A presentation og the Museum of Longing and Failure and their artist book MOLAF Circumflexions, that was produced and published through the Pamflett Publications programme in 2021.

Presentation: Lydgalleriet retrospective

Presentation: Sayo Senoo

Mini video presentation by artist Sayo Senoo. Video credit: Sayo Senoo

Coast 2 Coast (Endless Editions)

A photobook by Paul John, shot in multiple exposures between Haholmen Norway and NYC as a part of Coast Contemporary in 2019
Coast 2 Coast is published by Endless Editions (2020)

Atomvinter (Anders Elsrud Hultgreen)

The final installment of the artists book trilogy «THE KRATON TRILOGY»
With a cinematic storytelling language where the landscape photos has equal importance to the word «ATOMVINTER» forces you through a beautiful frostbitten winter world contaminated with radioactivity.

Cozy Complex (Gloria Glitzer)

»Cosy Complex« is about life in a world of capitalism, in which the increase of performance is demanded daily and self-care and empathic social interaction have hardly any room left. »Cosy Complex« questions this system and the slime becomes the model of a new society, which has to be reconsidered and reshaped again and again. »Cosy Complex« demands more softness and appreciation of the often invisible daily work. In this sense: BREATH - LIVE - LOVE and in addition it is to be considered what could come after the destruction and whether a life without work is possible.

It me (Hverdag Books)

Made on the occasion of a solo exhibition by Jessica Williams at Studio 17 in Stavanger. Each publication has slick PVC covers and a custom peg binding assembled by the artist.
When we go online, what are we looking for? For many of us in the developed world, it's the dangling carrot of ourselves, of course.
10 years worth of screenshots are remixed into a dizzying experience not unlike a late night internet binge.

Ei anna øving (Kurt Johannessen)

Ein liten multippel/bok i ein konvolutt av kalkerpapir. Boka inneheld ei øving og ein av rekvisittane for å kunne utføre øvinga. Boka signert og nummerert. Øvinga her er ein variant av øvinga i boka Ei øving.

Constructs (Heavy Books)

Postmodern theory often discusses the arrangement of words into sentences or phrases as “constructs”. Hence, to deconstruct language meant to discover the images or emotions that lie behind the words, words are representations of images. In this vein, photography was seen as a language signifying various meanings. In the case of this book by Swedish photographer Carl Ander (b. 1991), I find it more useful to discuss photography within the domain of construction work. Constructions describe the work involved in building something (‘he works in construction’) or the actual structure of a building (‘the house is a brick and mortar construction’). Indeed, the main narrative of this book is a series of images documenting construction sites and urban infrastructures. As the series progresses, some details emerge whereas others are omitted. Movement and space are at once static and elastic.

Monnie (Jeongmin Jang)

「Monnie」 is a 3 episode comic zine about Monnie and friends and how they are connected while having meals.

Every Boy Deserves Fudge (Issue Press)

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is the culmination of a multi-year exploration of color, psychedelia and storytelling. Through found text and subtle clues of the passage of time, loose narratives reveal themselves in this hallucinatory day trip from inner-city to a country cabin. A journey from the pleasures of the material world into the mysterious richness of the human psyche. By working mainly in fluorescent inks, Hickson attempts to create imagery that is simultaneously familiar, inviting and disorienting.

Sigla - Binda

The terms binda and sigla – which we have chosen as the title for our project, are two of many common words between Norwegian and Icelandic. They have both concrete and abstract meanings related to our existence , to the sea that binds us together, to our artistic practice between tradition and innovation and to the historical ties between our nations.

Book presentation: Ane Thon Knutsen - On Being Ill

An adaptation of Virginia Woolf´s essay On Being Ill, letterpress printed one sentence a day from March 23rd to August 29th, as a diary in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Erlend Peder Kvam

These Days (Corners)

“Stay home, or go out for a walk. That’s what've mostly been doing during in Pandemic. While walking around I've discovered something unordinary scenes and recorded them in this book.” (Artist: Yeji Yun)

Website Walkthrough with Fredrik and Ingrid

Presentation: Knust/Extrapool

Knust is the name of the graphic space in artist-run-organisation Extrapool, Nijmegen NL. Knust has been highly specialized in the stencilprinting technique and started in 1984 with Roneo’s and nowadays Riso and Ricoh machines; A3/A2 with 50 different color drums. Knust prints and makes books, posters, (maga)zines and much more in residency, DIY or commissioned. In January 2015 Knust opened a DIY print workspace at AGA LAB in Amsterdam run by volunteers.

Can You Make The Band Name Bigger? – The Poster Art of Luke Drozd

Can You Make The Band Name Bigger? is a book filled with 15 years worth of my poster work for the music industry. It features a foreword by the amazing comedian Stew art Lee, an intro by poster hero Jay Ryan, and insights into the work from both myself and bands and musicians I've worked with, including Will Oldham / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Adam Buxton, Shirley Collins and more.

Who is Waaktaar? (Waaktaar)

'Who is Waaktaar' is half auto-biographic, half-fictional poetry collection of Silje Waaktaar Åsheim, Tanja Silvestrini and Kim Waaktaar Pink, which is written in complete anonymousness of authors within the text.

BABF 2019