Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication (English/German)

Edited by Christoph Keller and Michael Lailach. Texts by Daniel Baumann, Christoph Keller, Anita Kühnel, Michael Lailach

ISBN 10: 3037640758 / ISBN 13: 9783037640753

Published by JRP | Ringier, 2010

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Z : 15 x 21 cm, 344 pages, 70 color & 115 b/w illustrations - Since 2001,Christoph Keller's famous archive "Kiosk Modes of Multiplication" has been exhibited 27 times all around the world, in institutions such as the ICA (London), the Witte de With (Rotterdam), Artists' Space (NY), the Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver), MUDAM (Luxembourg) and some biennials such as Manifesta 4, the 25th Graphic Biennial of Ljubljana and the Istanbul Biennial. It contains today more than 7000 publications by approximately 500 independent art publishing projects such as smaller, non commercial publishers, magazines, fanzines, newspapers, journals, audio- and video-labels, corporate and institutional publishing etc. The focus has never been set on exhibiting the most interesting individual artists' publications but the whole bandwidth of publishing possibilities, the motivations and strategies of the people "behind the scenes", the editors, publishers, designers, multipliers. On the occasion of the final public presentation of the archive at the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, who has now taken over the archive as a special collection, this handbook represents an overview and reflection on independent art publishing activities today. It contains a lot of textual statements by the protagonists of this scene, some theoretical texts, documentary illustrations and a broad source-part with comprehensive information on the contributing publishing projects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication (English/German)
• Publisher: JRP | Ringier
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037640758
• ISBN 13: 9783037640753
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Kiosk, Christoph Keller's famous art publications archive, has been exhibited at 27 institutions and biennials internationally since 2001, including the ICA (London), the Witte de With (Rotterdam), Artists' Space (NY), the Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver), MUDAM (Luxembourg) and biennials such as Manifesta 4, the 25th Graphic Biennial of Ljubljana and the Istanbul Biennial. To date, it contains more than 7,000 publications by approximately 500 independent art publishing projects, from magazines, fanzines, newspapers, journals, audio and video labels to institutional publishing, covering the entire bandwidth of publishing possibilities. On the occasion of the archive's final public presentation at the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, this overview on independent art publishing activities today surveys the Kiosk project. This catalogue contains documentary illustrations and provides information on the contributing publishing projects.