THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING PROJECT
facilitated by Jonah Sack and Francis Burger
08/09/2011 - 01/10/2011
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Facilitated by Jonah Sack and Francis Burger in collaboration with:
Josh Ginsburg, Sjaka Septembir, Sebastian Brockenhagen, James King, Christian Nerf, Michael Tymbios, Athi Monezeli Joja, Nathan Gates, Talya Lubinsky, Stuart Cairns, Anja de Klerk, Trasi Henen, Sean O'Toole, Jared Ginsburg, Rodan Haret, Kyle Morland, Lance Herman, Rangoato Hlasane of Keleketla! and Jamal Nxedlana of CUSS Monthly amongst others.
The Independent Publishing Project will launch at blank projects as an installation in two parts featuring a collection of contemporary and historical South African publications and a working studio aimed at producing new conversations, connections and collaborative works.
The books, booklets, zines and leaflets collected through the project advocate independent publishing as a first rather than a last resort. Looking at independent or small scale publishing as both a medium and a strategy, our interest in these items is part sentimental, part tactile and part political. Consumable but not commodified, these works traverse closely-knit networks as if by word of mouth, existing as intimate instruments of personal agency and freedom of thought. They create a space.
They're also just good to carry around, to look or read, and to think about.
The Independent Publishing Project will develop within the gallery space and close with an evening event on the 29th of September. Interviews and discussions between participants and others will be hosted sporadically throughout the run of the exhibition. Additional participation is encouraged and welcomed.
See press and the project blog for more information and updates on events, or contact the facilitators at independentpublishingproject@gmail.com
Jonah
Sack. b. 1978, Johannesburg. MFA Glasgow School of Art. Currently based
in Woodstock, works as a full-time artist and was the 2009 fellow of
the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts.
Francis Burger. b. 1986 in Tshwane. MFA, University of Cape Town. Currently functioning as a researcher, artist, writer and part-time lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch. Based in Woodstock.
IPP EVENT UPDATE:
Poets & publishers Gus & Nicky Ferguson and Sue Clarke will host a discussion about informal publishing and poetry on Saturday 10 September 2011 from 11:00 to 13:00.
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Francis Burger. b. 1986 in Tshwane. MFA, University of Cape Town. Currently functioning as a researcher, artist, writer and part-time lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch. Based in Woodstock.
IPP EVENT UPDATE:
Poets & publishers Gus & Nicky Ferguson and Sue Clarke will host a discussion about informal publishing and poetry on Saturday 10 September 2011 from 11:00 to 13:00.
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IPP EVENT UPDATE:
Poets & publishers Gus & Nicky Ferguson and Sue Clarke will host a discussion about informal publishing and poetry on Saturday 10 September 2011 from 11:00 to 13:00.
Jonah
Sack. b. 1978, Johannesburg. MFA Glasgow School of Art. Currently based
in Woodstock, works as a full-time artist and was the 2009 fellow of
the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts.
Francis Burger. b. 1986 in Tshwane. MFA, University of Cape Town. Currently functioning as a researcher, artist, writer and part-time lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch. Based in Woodstock.
Francis Burger. b. 1986 in Tshwane. MFA, University of Cape Town. Currently functioning as a researcher, artist, writer and part-time lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch. Based in Woodstock.
