II festival de publicaciones artísticas

An artistic publication is one that values all the elements that make up its contents. The layout, paper, binding, size are all part of the “text” and can turn an illustrated story, a fanzine, a sticker album or commercial leaflet into a work of art beyond its mere subject matter.

Four days of exhibitions, talks, workshops and participative activities around the subject of publications that are in themselves works of art due to the artistic resolution of their specific features: design, layout, binding, size, symbiosis of format and contents.

March 20th-23rd, 2014, Sala Rekalde (Bilbao)

Programme

March 20, thursday

10:30h.
Visit to Grafilur to discover the industrial printing and binding process of a book. www.grafilur.com

18:30h.
My favorite book: an open meeting where participants will show and comment on their two or three favorite art books.

March 21, friday

11:00 – 13:30h.
Experimental Journal Creation Workshop with La Más Bella (first part).

17:00h.
La Más Bella: Pepe Murciego and Diego Ortíz tell the stories behind an experimental magazine that has turned 20.www.lamasbella.es

March 22, saturday

11:00 – 13:30h.
Experimental Journal Creation Workshop with La Más Bella (first part).

17:00h.
Dalpine.com: Sonia Berger and Jose Manuel Suárez created an online shop for photography books, transformed into a reference showcase and now a days into a publishing house.   www.dalpine.com

18:30h.
Isidoro Valcárcel Medina in conversation with artist and publisher Jaime Vallaure, on his publications, a format that Valcárcel Medina has continuously been exploring.

Domingo 23 marzo

11h Presentación y conclusiones del taller de revistas experimentales con La Más Bella.

Exposition:
Los calendarios de La VidakIñaki Imaz Iñaki Rodríguez artist’s project. For a decade, they published a calendar per year of an artist: Gema Intxausti, Roberto Bergado, Ignacio Sáez, Chico y Chica, Jeleton, Fernando Bryce, Ane Meoki, Ander Lauzirika, Jon Mantzisidor

Publications: Isidoro Valcárcel Medina, El Naufraguito and La Más Bella.