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3rd International Festival of Artists\u2019 Book, Ljubljana 2014<\/strong>
\n21\u201323 May 2014
\nKAPSULA, P74 Gallery, CUK Kino \u0160i\u0161ka<\/p>\n

Opening: Wednesday, 21 May 2014 at 7 pm<\/strong>
\nP74 Center and Gallery, Trg Prekomorskih brigad 1, 1000 Ljubljana<\/p>\n

We are pleased to announce Blind Date Convention<\/em> \u2013 the 3rd International Festival of Artists\u2019 book, which will take place in Ljubljana from 21 to 23 May 2014.<\/p>\n

Blind Date Convention<\/em> is the central Slovenian event dedicated to the medium of artist book, artistic periodicals, zines, and artistic editions. The festival will present several dozen local and international producers, artists, self-publishers and independent publishers at three locations in Ljubljana:
\nP74 Center and Gallery, KAPSULA and CUK Kino \u0160i\u0161ka. The festival includes an exhibition programme, educational workshops, presentations of newly released artist books and periodicals, promotional events, public talks and guided tours of the fair.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, 21 May 2014<\/strong>
\nP74 Center and Gallery \/ KAPSULA, Trg Prekomorskih brigad 1, 1000 Ljubljana<\/p>\n

We kick off the festival on Wednesday, 21 May at 18.00h in KAPSULA with a presentation of the newest releases published by Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. We will present Notebook on Art<\/em><\/strong>, new series of short thematic editions on contemporary arts which aim to fill the gap in the field of local reflection on contemporary visual arts. The first two notebooks include texts by Dejan Habicht \u201c12 Boring Poems\u201d and Jo\u017ee Bar\u0161i \u201cIrwin: NSK State in Time (detail: Nigerians)\u201d. Notebook on Art<\/em> was designed by graphic designer Ajdin Ba\u0161i\u0107. The presentation will include a talk with the authors.<\/p>\n

At 19.00h you are invited to the P74 Center and Gallery for the opening of the exhibitions Collectors’ Editions<\/em><\/strong> and KODOJI Press<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The exhibition Collectors\u2019 Editions<\/em> brings a series of exclusive collectors’ editions, which were created by local and international artists, among them Alighiero e Boetti, Jesper Fabricius, David Nez, Dalibor Martinis, Mladen Stilinovi\u0107, Mladen Stropnik, Vlado Martek. Alongside the exhibition we are preparing an informative and educational talk about editions and their economic and historical context.<\/p>\n

The exhibition KODOJI Press<\/em> presents important independent Swiss publishing house from Baden which focuses on contemporary visual arts and photography. The exhibition includes current printed matter, posters and graphics.<\/p>\n

KODOJI PRESS<\/strong> is an independent art publishing project, founded in 2007 by designer Winfried Heininger. Its main objective is to offer non-commercial projects a communicative platform. In close collaboration with the artists Kodoji Press produces artists’ books and attempt to filter and emphasize the essence of the artistic work.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, 22 May 2014<\/strong>
\nCUK Kino \u0160i\u0161ka<\/p>\n

The second day of the Blind Date Convention marks the opening of the Artists\u2019 Book Fair<\/em> from 18.00h to 22.00h. You are invited to attend this rich programme of presentations, talks and book signings including hot new releases of art books like \u201cLala\u2019s Reader\u201d of Lala Ra\u0161\u010di\u0107<\/strong> at 19h and Alban Muja<\/strong> new book at 20h.<\/p>\n

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Friday, 23 May 2014<\/strong>
\nCUK Kino \u0160i\u0161ka<\/p>\n

On the final day of the Blind Date Convention, we\u2019ll open the Fair precisely at noon and continue with a series of presentations, promotions, guided tours \u2013 all till 20.00h.<\/p>\n

Participants:<\/p>\n

Beli Sladoled (Slo) – www.belisladoled.org<\/a>
\nLBAL (Slo) – www.hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.com<\/a>
\nMina Fina (Slo) – minafina.si<\/a>
\nTanja La\u017eeti\u0107 (Slo) – www.lazetic.si<\/a>
\nTeo Spiller (Slo) – www.spiller.si<\/a>
\nPetra Varl (Slo) – www.petravarl.com<\/a>
\nTadej Vaukman (Slo)
\nLala Ra\u0161\u010di\u0107 (BiH) – lalarascic.com<\/a>
\nSergej Vutuc (D) – www.sergejvutuc.com<\/a>
\nLubok Verlag (D – www.lubok.de<\/a>
\nKodoji Press (CH) – www.kodoji.com<\/a>
\nSoybot (A) – soybot.org<\/a>
\nSpace Poetry (DK) – www.spacepoetry.dk<\/a>
\nPork Salad Press (DK) – www.porksaladpress.org<\/a>
\nMER.Paper Kunstahalle (BE) – www.merpaperkunsthalle.org<\/a>
\nZavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. (Slo) – arhiv.zavod-parasite.si<\/a>
\nModerna galerija Ljubljana \/ MSUM (Slo) – www.mg-lj.si<\/a>
\nInternational Centre of Graphic Arts (Slo) – www.mglc-lj.si<\/a>
\nMuseum and Galleries of Ljubljana (Slo) – www.mgml.si<\/a>
\n\u0160kuc Gallery (Slo) – www.galerija.skuc-drustvo.si<\/a><\/p>\n

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Special educational programme<\/p>\n

THE LEARNING ROOM
\nCUK Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Komuna hall, 12.00h<\/p>\n

The Learning Room is a programme intended for informal learning, the exchange of knowledge, talks and lectures.<\/p>\n

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All events related to the Blind Date Convention are free of charge.<\/p>\n

Organisation:
\nZavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E.
\nIncubator for Young Curators
\nin cooperation with CUK Kino \u0160i\u0161ka.<\/p>\n

The programme of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and by the Municipality of Ljubljana, Department for Culture.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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