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Art Work Newspaper \u2014 Just Cause: Bad Faith – Art Workers\u2019 Activism and Organizing in NYC and Beyond, Interference Archive, NY, December 3 – 31, 2015<\/h4>\n

Download the press release: Just Cause: Bad Faith \u2013 Art Workers\u2019 Activism and Organizing in NYC and Beyond<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Handlers Alliance of New York and Interference Archive are delighted to present an exhibition of articles, ephemera, and artworks that collectively address a history of cultural workers\u2019 organizing efforts and demonstrations as well as the recent investigations and concerns of artists and individuals working within the culture industry.<\/p>\n

In looking at a history of cultural workers\u2019 movements, AHA and IA are less focused on creating a tally of victories and losses, but more concerned with establishing a \u2018how-to\u2019 for present day cultural workers. The majority of artists do not have self-sustaining practices and must find alternative means to support themselves and their art. And despite a history of poor labor practices, many artists seek employment within the culture industry. The proximity to art, flexible scheduling, opportunities for behind-the-scenes experiences, and networking compliment their skills and education while supplementing their practices.<\/p>\n

However, with these attractions comes an equal opportunity for exploitation through underpayment, discrimination, lack of transparency, and instability. The point at which these concerns outweigh the benefits is the point at which individuals find themselves acting as a collective to protect themselves and their livelihood. Rather than focusing on the accomplishments of specific organizers or artists, we have chosen to emphasize the moments when collective action has been taken, and when artists have recognized their jobs as not just a way of supporting their art practices, but as a subject to be critically examined and possibly improved by their art.<\/p>\n

AHA-NY will host their monthly Art Handlers Happy Hour during the exhibition\u2019s dates, and talks and performances are scheduled for Saturdays. Check both AHA\u2019s and IA\u2019s websites and Facebook pages for further details.<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements: AHA-NY and IA would like to thank the following individuals, and organizations that have lent their support throughout the exhibition planning and without which the exhibition would not have been possible:<\/p>\n

Contributing Artists: Jo-Anne Balcaen, Antonio Serna, Neal Vandenbergh<\/p>\n

Contributors and Collaborators\/Supporters: Art Handler Magazine, OWS Arts & Labor, MoMA Archives, Teamsters Local 814, W.A.G.E., Benjamin Ferguson, Rachel Higgins, Jennifer Hoyer, Chris Kasper, Greig de Peuter, Blithe Riley, Robert Smith, Stephen Sewell, Julian Tysh, James Whitman<\/p>\n

The Interference Archive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kione Kochi & Temporary Series \u2014 Poster series, 2015<\/h4>\n

One of the highlights of 2014 for Temporary Services was collaborating with the artist Kione Koche, who illustrated three different Temporary Services booklets: Against Competition<\/em>\u00a0by Marc Fischer,\u00a0Publishing in the Realm of Plant Fibers and Electrons\u00a0<\/em>by Temporary Services, and\u00a0Madison, Wisconsin: A City in Nine Objects<\/em>\u00a0by Madison Mutual Drift.<\/p>\n

As an extension of the ideas explored in our booklet\u00a0Publishing in the Realm of Plant Fibers and Electrons<\/em>, we called on Kione Kochi to work with us once again to produce a set of Risograph posters that explore and celebrate the power and potential of self-publishing. These posters were first exhibited at the 2015 NY Art Book Fair organized by Printed Matter.<\/p>\n

Each poster is printed on either Cream or Ivory color 67 pound cardstock. For this set of all six posters from our collaboration, you will get a mix of posters printed on both colors of stock. All posters will ship rolled in a poster box.<\/p>\n

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Self-Publish to Bypass Gatekeepers and Power Structures<\/a><\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Clive Phillpot's diagram updated to illustrate new complexities in the age of digital publishing<\/a><\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The full set is available through Half Letter Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Interview with Temporary Services\u2014CO LAB: Collaborative Design Survey<\/em>, by Elizabeth Herrmann and Ryan Shelley, BIS Publishers, Amsterdam, 2015<\/h4>\n

A field once dominated by assembly line and one-stop agencies, design (and graphic design especially) has harnessed modern tech to produce a new working model of small, interdisciplinary, voice-heavy collaboratives. CO LAB offers a set of contextual essays on facets of collaboration, accompanied by original drawings from the punkish designer\/ author\/faculty collaborative ras+e, and concludes with a highly diverse group of case study interviews. Channeling Kurt Vonnegut, Jello Biafra, and Ellen Lupton, ras+e build a detailed case for the advantages of interdisciplinary design in a team context as a reflection of contemporary views of authorship, accessibility of tools, and a plethora of hungry, young makers with startup role models.<\/p>\n

The rhythmic and relatable writing of the authors, coupled with the extreme diversity of their Q+As, aims to inspire both the students ras+e know so well, and designosaurs looking for a new way of working.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ras+e<\/a> dissect why small, interdisciplinary design collaboratives are shifting the way the industry is constructed.
\n\u2022 Very thoughtful, full of ideas and yet lavishly illustrated
\n\u2022 With a foreword by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Herrmann and Ryan Shelley are researchers, designers, writers and teachers. They lecture at University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and Bowling Green State University. They collaborate under the name ras+e.<\/p>\n

BIS Publishers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Temporary Services & Half Letter Press publications \u2014 Ke (artist books and zines), Nh\u00e0 S\u00e0n Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 13 – November 30<\/h4>\n

Ke is an exhibition of artists book and zine made by Vietnamese and international artists. The exhibition is inpired by “k\u1ec7.” — an attitude of ignoring and abandonment among youth in Vietnam toward what is called foundation and traditional. This attitude is often criticized as irresponsibility but at the same time it reflects a readiness of shift-making among young people in Vietnam. The ehibition features artworks in form of publication or book form. Although artists book has been a major pillar among movements of contemporary art, it is lesser known in Vietnam due to the lack of information on international art movements and the restriction of independent publishing in the country. This exhibition hopes to bring the work to Vietnamese audience to show them how artists – artwork – and audience can interact with one another in a non-traditional way, when the artwork could be in the hands of the audience and not in a traditional display method.<\/p>\n

Time and programs:
\nOpening at 6pm on Friday 13 November, 2015
\nDuration: from Nov 13-30, 2015
\nHours: from Wed-Sun, from 10:00-12:00am & 14:00-18:00pm at Nh\u00e0 S\u00e0n Collective space, No. 1 L\u01b0\u01a1ng Y\u00ean, 15F, Hanoi Creative City, H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i.
\nCuratorial walk through (in English) at 1pm on Nov 14, 2015<\/p>\n

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Temporary Services & Half Letter Press publications \u2014 Medium Cool, designed object and printed matter fair, Prairie Productions, Chicago, IL, November 21 – 22, 2015<\/h4>\n

We will be at this two day fair.<\/p>\n

Prairie Productions
\n1314 W. Randolph St.
\nChicago, IL 60607<\/p>\n

Saturday, November 21, 12 – 6 PM
\nSunday, November 22, 11:30 – 5 PM<\/p>\n

Medium Cool<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Temporary Services & Half Letter Press \u2014 Symposium: The Dynamic Library, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, November 14, 2015<\/h4>\n

What are some of the systems Chicagoans have created to make information visible and accessible to a larger public? Soberscove Press hosts a panel exploring the approaches taken by various Chicagoans.<\/p>\n

Presenters will include:<\/p>\n