You
are cordially invited to the launch of 'Dandilands', a book by artist
group pick nick co published by BOM DIA and Point Centre for
Contemporary Art. On the occasion of the book launch, Manuel Raeder
will share his experience as a publisher in collaboration with
artists, museums, and art institutions, and will talk about BOM DIA’s
practices. Τhe book is the culmination of 'Dandilands', a project
which began by pick nick in August 2014 in collaboration with artists
Marc Bijl, Mustafa Hulusi, Mahony, Jumana Manna, Michelle Padeli,
Liliana Porter, Kevin Schmidt, Socratis Socratous, Kostis Velonis,
and Carla Zaccagnini. Urban and natural landscapes as sites of both
intimate and destabilizing experiences materialized in a standing
sign. The sign which was found along a circular trail in the high
forest of Troodos was imagined as both site and object; a place of
intention and image; a setting of the social. The publication
'Dandilands' consists of essays by Guilherme Altmayer, Alev Adil,
Sophie Houdart, Antonis Hadjikyriacou, Sofia Lemos, Marko
Stamenkovic, and the Palestinian collective, The Jerusalem of Things.
From different research interests, these writers meet with pick nick,
metaphorically and socially, in the intimate space of the book taking
walking as a metaphor around social events and public practices,
generating discussions of inclusion exclusion, relations of conflict
(resolution), and, around non authoritative places that practice
critiquing normalisation integrated in urban and rural patterns.
BOM
DIA is specialized in artist books that are conceived as an integral
part of an art work or as the art work itself that, often, plays with
the format of the book and reflects its medium. This event will take
place in the context of pick nick’s residency at Point between 13
March and 13 April 2018.
During
this time, the group will be presenting a series of activities and
events. pick nick will be present every Tuesday between 15:00 19:00.
BOM
DIA was founded in 2011 by Manuel Raeder and Manuel Goller in Berlin,
solely run by Manuel Raeder since 2013. A focus of Bom Dia lies in
publishing contemporary artists from Latin America. The books of Bom
Dia are produced in close collaboration with a group of artists,
among others Henning Bohl, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Mariana
Castillo Deball, Haegue Yang, Leonor Antunes, Abraham Cruzvillegas,
Danh Vo, Nina Canell, and BLESS. bomdiabooks.de
Dandilands'
by pick nick Point Commissions 201
Book
Launch Manuel Raeder, BOM DIA,Berlin Friday, 30 March 2018/18:30
Point
Centre for Contemporary Art
'Dandilands',
pick nick
