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.
The Independent Publishing Project is a sporadic initiative aimed at gathering people and objects around the idea of self or small scale publishing within South Africa.
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01/10/2011
23/09/2011
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).
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.
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).
09/09/2011
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)
16/08/2011
General project info
THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING PROJECT, facilitated by Jonah Sack and Francis Burger. September 8th to October 1st, 2011, at Blank Projects, Woodstock, Cape Town.
The Independent Publishing Project is aimed at gathering people and objects around the idea of self or small-scale publishing within South Africa. Functioning as an installation in two parts, the project will run at Blank Projects in September 2011 as both an interactive exhibition of collected works and a working studio aimed at producing new collaborative publications.
Combining contemporary and historical examples, the books, booklets, zines, take-aways 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.
They’re also just good to carry around, to look or read, and to think about.
Additional participation is encouraged and welcomed.
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