Delphine Bedel & Amsterdam Art/Book Fair 2012

Nuit des Images 2012, starting 6pm. Book launch editions hard copy 2012, book signing. The artists and designers will be present.

After the sensational success of the Nuit des images 2011, the Musée de l’Elysée is set to greet a large public once again with a festive event and unique program. Photography, video and cinema will be celebrated on the seven screens scattered throughout the museum’s gardens. 

A unique program. At nightfall, the screenings will celebrate renowned artists and introduce unexpected discoveries through forty productions. Guest institutions, including the ECAL of Lausanne, the PhotoforumPasquArt, of Bienne, the Geneva Center for Photography or the HEAD of Geneva, will allow the public to discover unreleased and diverse approaches to the world of images. All night long, the Bourg will offer a musical and thirst-quenching program, while the RTS contributes, based on its archives, a sonic evocation of Photography.

Swiss odd books and magazines. At the beginning of the evening, On Print - the small photography book fair - will yet again be an opportunity to discover unusual and often unknown publications. On Print gathers this year twenty art and photography publishers from all over Switzerland.

Kids activities. For the first time, the Nuit des images will offer a choice of specific activities for children, including tales inspired from Charlie Chaplin or invitations to discover with all the senses the richness of images

Review by Colin Pantall on the new photobooks publishers, in the January issue of BJP !

‘Vote for me!’ by Maya Rochat. Book launch in June.

Photobook. Riso Print, 17 x 24 cm, 80 p., 300 copies. 80 photos couleur et N&B / 80 colour and BW photographs. Anglais–français–allemand / English. French–German. Design Nicolas Leuba. 2012. ISBN to come. Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

‘Osiris’ by Suzanne Perrin. Book launch in June.

Photobook. Livre de poche / paperback. Offset, 12 x 16,5 cm, 32 p., 300 copies. 45 photos Duotone, texte et images d’archive / 45 photographs in Duotone, text and archive images. Français / French. Design Philippe Desarzens. 2012. ISBN to come. Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

‘Claire, Anne, Laurence’ by Anne Le Troter. Book Launch in June.

Pièce de théatre / Theatre play. Offset, 14 x 20 cm, 56p 52 ou 60. 300 copies. Français / French. Design Dimitri Jeannottat . 2012. ISBN to come. Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

Claire, Anne, Laurence est une pièce de théâtre tragi-comique, en cinq scènes : (Qui peut le plus peut le moins, La pièce du boucher, La place à table, Kif-Kif carré sous les oreilles,L’origine) mettant en jeu les rapports, entre elles, de trois soeurs utilisant leur langage vernaculaire. Qui est qui par rapport à qui dans cet arbre généalogique où le «je» n’existe pas. 

‘Conversation entre masses’ by Anne-Sylvie Henchoz. Book Launch in June.

Performance. Offset, 16,5 x 24 cm, 80 p., 300 copies. 50 photos couleur / 50 colour photos. Texte / Text Anne Sylvie Henchoz. Français / French. Design Jeremy Schorderet . 2012. ISBN to come. Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

‘Geneva Test’ by Adrien Guillet. Book Launch in June. Photobook. Digital printing, 13 x 20,5 cm, 105 p, 300 copies. 100 photos couleur / 100 colour photos. Texte / Text Lauren Huret. Français / French. Design Antonio de Luca. 2012. ISBN to come. Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

After Jeff” by Vianney Fivel. Book Launch in June.

Livre d’artiste / Artist book. Offset, 21 x 28 cm, 200 p., 300 copies. 500 N&B illustrations et images d’archive / 500 B&W illustrations and archive images. Texte / Texts by Vianney Fievel, Pierre Leguillion and guests. French / English. Design Johnson/Kingston. 2012. ISBN to come. Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

« After Jeff » is a specific reading of Jell wall’s work, embodied in a atlas of both texts and pictures, dealing with different fields of knowledge. Various looks went through the artist’s photographs generating a drift between consciousness and inconsciousness, personal tales and historical facts, art history and popular culture: a constantly renewed montage.

Some fragments of « After Jeff » have been presented during a series of performances in Genf in 2011, thus reviving the oral tradition.The many voices that built this project are now slipping into this book, to reappear maybe one day through another form. 

‘Strip’ by Pauline Beaudemont. Book launch in June. Journal / Newspaper. Offset, 24 x 28 cm, 100 p., 300 copies. 1000 photos couleur / 1000 colour photos. Texte / Text by Pauline Beaudemont. Anglais / English. 2012. ISBN to come. Design Régis Tosetti . Collection editor Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: HEAD – Genève, Monospace Press, Amsterdam.

Dans ce livre, Pauline Beaudemont regroupe 1000 photographies sélectionnées sur les 3000 instantanés pris entre début 2009 et fin 2011. Cette longue promenade personnelle qui s’étend au fil des pages a été construite comme on imaginerait voir a travers la vitre de sa voiture les images qui défilent sur une palissade. Plus qu’un carnet de croquis ou qu’un album de famille, ‘Strip’ tente de dévoiler les strates physiques et figurées d’une collection d’images.

A review by Juan Cires in his new blog on photobooks cuatro cuerpos. 

Review by Caroline Engel in the January issue of Zeroquatre.

Hard Copy editions at Art Geneve. Special postcard and poster editions for the art fair! Come and join us at the booth HEAD Artists Editions, designed by Lamya Moussa. Book signing by Romain Legros, Dorothée Baumann and Martina-Sofie Wildberger. 

‘The Future of Artist Books’ is a series of talks, workshops and events aiming to present the most innovative publishing projects by artists and designer’s working with photography, text, printed matter and e-publishing. The artist book is a medium central to contemporary artistic practice. The artists / publishers will present their recent editions, and discuss new modes of production, collaborative practices and distribution, from print on demand, serial editions to education projects, as well as their economical models.

Taking the occasion of the first retrospective exhibition of ‘The Dutch Photobook’ currently on view at the Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, this evening will focus on emerging practices in photo books in the Netherlands and internationally. The guest’s editions will be presented at PrintRoom for a month.

The Future of Artist Books is a transdisciplinary project will include talks, workshops and presentations. It is a collaboration between PrintRoom and the Amsterdam Art/Book Fair and other venues. Upcoming guests are Anouk Kruithof, Laurence Aërteger, And Publishers, and more.

TALKS saturday 24 march 15.00-18.00. Artists Print book fair. KOMPLOT, Brussels. Delphine Bedel will present two projects, the Hard Copy editions and the Amsterdam Art/Book Fair.

First edition of a yearly event dedicated to students publications, this year will be an experimental, reflexive and prospective one – engaging students, teachers and professionals in public discussions and round tables dedicated to making and thinking editorial practices today.

It will also be the occasion to think about events and structures around publications (book fairs, book awards, book exhibitions, etc) and to elaborate a proposal for the following editions of the event. Students publications will be exhibited, and discussions and round tables organized. studentspublications.tumblr.com

Artists Print. KOMPLOT, Brussels – Next to the Wiels and Pa/per View 295, Avenue Van Volxemlaan, Brussels.  23-25 march 2012 — 14.00-19.00. OPENING thursday 22 march 17.00-19.00. artistsprint.tumblr.com, www.prixfernandbaudinprijs.be

hard copy editions will be presented by PrintRoom (NL) at the Why do you Publish art book fair in Beirout, 98 Weeks, 02-05 February 2012

To be released in June 2012. Editions by Pauline Beaudemont, Vianney Fivel, Adrien Guillet, Anne-Sylvie Henchoz, Anne Le Trotter, Suzanne Perrin, Maya Rochat and a special edition by Delphine Bedel. Designers: Antonio de Luca, Philippe Desarzens, Marc Hollenstein, Johnston/ Kingston, Nicolas Leuba, Jeremy Shorderet, Régis Tosetti.

The hard copy editions are now available at the wonderful photo bookshop of Musée de l’Elysee in Lausanne.

hard copy editions are now available at Art Metropole in Toronto, Pro QM and Motto in Berlin & Zurich, Ommu Athens, Theophile’s Papers in Brussels and Paris, San Serriffe, Amsterdam, Archigraphy,  Geneva University of Art and Design, Musée d’Art et d’histoire in Geneva, Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, PrintRoom Rotterdam and soon at Self Publish Be Happy online shop!

Book fairs: 2012, Why do you Publish, Beyrout; 2011, Miss Read, Berlin, Offprint Paris, Amsterdam Art/Book Fair 2011, 2010, Salon Light #7 Paris.