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Focal Point Art Book Fair, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, November 14-16, 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The second edition of FOCAL POINT art book fair will present printed matter by artists and publishers from the region and across the world. As part of the broader presentation, this year\u2019s content will include a special focus on zines and comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharjah Art Foundation\u2019s annual art book fair, FOCAL POINT, returns for its second edition with a wide range of printed matter and a larger representation of independent publishers. The platform caters to the interdisciplinary nature of art publishing and aims to present a focus on independent and alternative publishing practices presented alongside a select number of larger, more established publishing houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-day fair will feature regional and international artists and publishers who will present their content individually or within curated sections. As part of the broader presentation, this year\u2019s content will include a special focus on zines and comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOCAL POINT 2019 will take place from 14 to 16 November 2019 and will be returning to the heritage building of Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, in the Sharjah Arts Area. Originally built in 1845 as a residential house, the space was renovated in the late 1990s, and then again in 2017, to be used for artist studios and exhibition spaces. The location has often served as a venue for past Sharjah Biennials and SAF exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational workshops for adults and children will run alongside the book fair, details of which will be published on the website closer to the event. Workshop participation is free, but registration is mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focal Point Art Book Fair<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, IL, November 15-17, 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Chicago Art Book Fair is an experiment in showcasing emerging directions and diverse legacies within small press arts publishing. The fair features an international group of over 125 arts publishers, small presses, book artists, comics artists, zinemakers and printmakers, with satellite programming and after parties. Beginning in 2017, we drew over 6,000 guests, and each year we look forward to bringing even more of Chicago\u2019s people together with another fantastic roster of artist vendors. In 2019, the Chicago Art Book Fair will once again convene at the historic Chicago Athletic Association, at 12 S. Michigan Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPENING RECEPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, Nov. 15: 5\u20139p<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAIR HOURS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, Nov. 16: 11a\u20137p
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The Chicago Art Book Fair<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pedro Bell (1950-2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pedro Bell, F.I.P. (Funk in Peace)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It is such sad news to learn that Pedro Bell has left us to travel up and into the cosmic slop, or whatever happens to us when all of the maggots leave our brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail of the interior gatefold of Funkadelic\u2019s \u201cUncle Jam Wants You\u201d with art work by Pedro Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2007 when we were a group of three, Temporary Services interviewed Pedro Bell for our book Group Work<\/em>, published by Printed Matter. We got Pedro’s phone number somewhere and we spoke for about three hours. Toward the end of the conversation, we asked about formally interviewing him and Pedro said, “I thought that WAS the interview!” It wound up being the first of many conversations, but the one that went into the book was an epic group discussion at Thai Snail in Hyde Park where the photo (at the top of the page) was taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group Work<\/em> by Temporary Services, published by Printed Matter, with book cover art by Esteban Garc\u00eda and Nick Martin <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even back then Pedro was in very fragile health. His eyesight was rapidly deteriorating, and he was going in for kidney dialysis treatments several days a week. At one point he told us about the needle they used and said, “When I saw that thing I thought I was gonna be the newest member of Nine Inch Nails!” Even as his eyes went, his brain never stopped churning out all manner of fantastic wordplay. His liner notes for Funkadelic were not just how he wrote, but often how he spoke. After transcribing our interview with him, we went down to his little room in Hyde Park and read the whole thing back to him because it would have been too hard for him to read a printed transcript. Always attentive to detail, he would stop us and make sure we were writing things accurately based on how he said them. At one point we got to his utterance of the word “hungry” and Pedro asked, “How did you spell that?” one of us said, “The usual way. h-u-n-g-r-y.” Pedro corrected us. “No, no, no. It’s HONGRY. With an ‘o’!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had many questions about the book we were making and how it would be printed and designed. He wanted to know how large the type would be and when we told him probably 9 or 10 point, he insisted it could be made smaller. As with his album cover art, the details should be crammed in, whether he could still read them or not. He grilled us on the margins too. If you’ve held a Temporary Services book or booklet, you know we are not generous with our margins to begin with, but Pedro was so much worse. If you check out Garrick Gott’s design of that book, you’ll see that the margins are up to Pedro’s exacting standards. There’s no holding the book without covering the text with your thumbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro had all kinds of surprising opinions. One was that an album cover tons of people hate was one of his favorites. He loved the art for Technical Ecstasy by Black Sabbath. And of course he did. It was two robots about to fuck each other while riding on adjacent escalators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedro Bell was one of those people we never could have guessed we would have had the opportunity to spend so much time with. He gave us all so much wonderful art and writing. If you don’t own Funkadelic records with his work, they are some of the very best art you can live with and will provide you with many hours of visual satisfaction before you even take a moment to listen to all of that incredible music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed Matter generously agreed to let us distribute the PDF of Group Work for free. This book has been out of print for years and we are thrilled to be able to share it again\u2014particularly with those who are thinking about or already working in groups and might value its focus on collaboration, generated from the voices of practitioners rather than outside observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This publication provides a multitude of perspectives on the theme of Group Work by practitioners of artistic group practice from the 1960s to the present. It presents interviews with Canadian collective General Idea, Chicago collective Haha, the Dutch band The Ex, the Vienna-based WochenKlausur, the Croatian artist group What, How & for Whom (WHW), Funkadelic album designer Pedro Bell, and Political Art Documentation\/Distribution (PAD\/D), along with essays on The Abortion Counseling Service of the Chicago Women\u2019s Liberation Union (better known as Jane) and the anarchist guerrilla street theater group The Diggers. A list of words used to describe group practices and a working list of hundreds of collectives from the last four decades rounds out the publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please download and share it widely, and if you teach, consider using it with your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group Work<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Article on ArtNews website about the forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Artist Publisher \u2014 Forum for Artist Book Publishing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We created an online discussion forum for artist book publishing called Artist Publisher<\/a>. People have been joining and posting and we are excited to launch it publicly. Please visit the site, spread the word, and join us in multiple discussions around artist book making, zine publishing, printing, distribution, archiving and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of our first collective efforts has been to track and chronologically organize every art book fair and zine fest that is taking place in 2019. Have a look at that section of the forum and let us know which fairs we are missing, or what publications you are excited about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you screen print, have a Risograph, or access to cheap photocopies, help us spread the word about the forum by downloading the fliers, printing them, and posting them around your town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Temporary Services & Half Letter Press publications & posters \u2014 Self-made: zines and artist books, multiple locations throughout Australia, March 8, 2018 – November 24, 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This bold exhibition delves into the evolution of do-it-yourself culture, from limited-run artist books to cut-and-paste photocopy fanzines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover science fiction fanzines from the 1940s, ground-breaking 1970s punk zines, Australian underground press publications, and artist books designed to defy tradition and buck the commercial gallery system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported by Visions of Australia and Creative Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviews of the exhibition: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never mind the bloggers: zines bring a DIY punk ethic to the internet age<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bringing together science fiction fanzines, books by conceptual artists, DIY aesthetics, punk zines, underground presses and social politics, Self-made showcases over 170 works taken from the State Library\u2019s collection.<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Self made: zines and artist books<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

About the curator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica Syrette attended the Canberra Institute of the Arts in the late 1980s, when the city was a major centre for artists books in Australia. In the 1990s she worked at Sydney independent music retailer Waterfront Records, ordering zines from local and international makers and distributors. Monica was archivist at Arts Project Australia and assistant curator at the Grainger Museum, founded by composer and pianist Percy Grainger. Most recently she curated the exhibition Wharfies support! Social justice activism from the Melbourne Docks at Library at the Dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Meg O’Shea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition locations and dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Self-made<\/em> exhibition is touring regional galleries in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland from March 2018 to November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n