More friendly press for the IPP

Thanks to the ever industrious James King for his mention of the IPP in 'How to Resolve This', a further (and mammoth) installment in his 'how to...' series and Carla Martins, editor of Probe, the Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa's fanzine, for her mention of the project in issue #150 (which featured collage illustrations by Stuart Cairns...)

interview

Click the image below to link through to artthrob for an interview between Josh Ginsburg, Jonah Sack and Francis Burger with Sean O'Toole about the IPP. The original link to artthrob is broken, the link provides an archived copy via mediafire ...

Thanks to Sean for facilitating this conversation/exchange.

new things...

Some new publications produced during + some just after the IPP run at Blank Projects

Stuart Cairns, 2011, Long Faces vol. 1. 

Stuart Cairns, Long Faces Vol.2. (Doomed and Forgotten and other unfamiliar tales)

Jonah Sack, 2011, Some notes on isometric space

James King, 2011, Part One & Part Two

James King, 2011, Sebastian Borckenhagen (Monograph/Discussion)

Sebastian Borckenhagen, 2011, more comics (untitled anthology)

 

Kyle Morland & Jared Ginsburg, 2011, WC

At ease

The launch and exhibition of the IPP at Blank Projects is closed as of the 1st of October 2011. Thanks to everyone who participated in the show and supported the project.

The temporary library has been moved to a private studio in Woodstock, Cape Town. The collection is viewable by appointment between the 10th and 31st of October (email independentpublishingproject.blogspot.com), after which it will disperse as the publications return to the shelves of their original owners.

Events of the final week of the IPP at blank projects

A quick provisional rundown of events planned for the upcoming week.

On Tuesday 27 September at 14:00 Clive Kellner will be in conversation with the IPP on the history of the Camouflage gallery (1991-2001) and his experience of independence and agency within the landscape of contemporary art in South Africa.

Magazines by CUSS produced in collaboration with students from the WITS school of Fine Arts will be available as take-aways at Blank from Wednesday 28th September.

Another two informal conversations will be hosted on Friday 30th, the first at 11:00 with Kathryn Smith, artist and founder of serialworks, on independent strategies and making the conditions to make in, and the second at 14:30 with Andy Mason, comic artist and educator, on various topics that emerge around his extensive collection of South African comics.

A selection from Andy Mason's collection.

And finally, on Saturday the 1st of October the IPP will close with participant's and facilitators in conversation on anything and everything about self and independent publishing, and about the IPP itself... Join us to listen or pitch in, or afterwards for a drink (conversation 11:00-13:00, closing from 13:00 onwards, gallery closes at 15:00).

posters

by Nathan Gates

Genealogy beginnings...

Early mind-maps tracking conversations held in the initial stages of the IPP project research...

The expanding network is in the process of being mapped out according to personal links, alongside thumbnails of books and other publications loaned to the project.

Yet to be exhausted list from Stacy Hardy with a timeline of independent publishing initiatives in SA since 1956

part library part working studio

Intrepid archiving of the 628 (and counting) publications within the IPP's temporary collection continues, matched by dedicated enthusiasm from participants working within the gallery. Master archivist Siemon Allen has a show opening at the goodman this Saturday (17/08/2011), so there won't be a conversation hosted at Blank, details of events for next week to be confirmed soon.

Informal conversation with Sue Clark, Gus and Nicky Ferguson.

Saturday 10 September, thanks to everyone who joined in. 

(publications by and from the collections of Sue Clark and Gus Ferguson)

You, me, and the IPP

Project launch at Blank Projects and the opening of Alan Bogana's 'Opuntiarium - No Present' (a sculptural installation of cacti and crystal resin in conversation with South African science-fiction)

Installation

Pre-launch construction (and early cataloguing assembly line)