With presentations by fair exhibitors Gloria Glitzer and Werkplaats Typografie
19.00-21.00
PrintRoom was delighted to visit Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair this April, followed by our participation in Offprint London in May. At both fairs we had wonderful exchanges with other artist-publishers, saw performances and lectures and found many new gems to bring back to Rotterdam.
We’re eager to share this year’s treasures from New York as well as our haul from London during an evening featuring presentations by two exhibitors from New York: Moritz Grünke from Gloria Glitzer (DE) and participants of Werkplaats Typografie (Arnhem, NL).
Join the conversation between Mortitz Grünke from Gloria Glitzer and Karin de Jong on the book: The Future of Art Book Festivals — Formerly Known as Fairs, a short critical text by Moritz on his experiences as visitor, participant but also former long-time organizer of Europe’s biggest art book fair. The text was first published in Summit Up #1 (2023) by PrintRoom, Publishing-Household, ARTZINES & Gloria Glitzer. The text was developed over several years beginning with the talk “From Miss Read to an Utopian Art Book Festival” at the Unfold – Shanghai Art Book Fair in 2019, but also informed by the intense discussions at the books are Bridges Summit at PrintRoom Rotterdam in 2022.
Werkplaats Typografie will present its contribution to Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair 2024: The Ellipsis Foundation for targeted publishing.
Ellipsis is a research institution that uses a psychometric assessment process known as “targeting” to gather data on print consumers. While we cannot reveal the extent to which Ellipsis capitalizes on this data, we are permitted to say that sacrificing one’s personal information to Ellipsis is a fair exchange. This is because in return for participating in a targeting session, participants receive a personalized reader, the exploration of which greatly enhances one’s sense of self.
The Ellipsis Foundation for targeted publishing is a project by Maxim Preaux, Mika Kastner Johnson, Nick Sheeran and Victoria Lum.
NY Art Book Fair, books by: backbonebooks, Further Reading, Martha’s Quarterly, Institute For Studies On Latin American Art, Soberscove Press, homie house press, New Documents, nos:books, Wendy’s Subway, Bilna’es, GenderFail, Half Letter Press, Breakdown Break Down Press, Gato Negro Ediciones, Interference Archive, Justseeds, Gold Rain, Calipso Press, Chang Yuchen, Inventory Press, reliable copy, Alder & Frankia, Unity Press, Dreamer FTY, abC (art books in China), Pegacorn Press, Common Notions, Passenger Pigeon Press, Gabriella Hirst, te editions, Ugly Duckling Presse, Uranus Comics, Allied Productions, Inc. / Le Petit Versaille, Bananafish Books, Heather Benjamin, Printed Matter, Inc., Queer Ecology Hanky Project, Roma Publications, Kodoji Press, Stefan Marx & Liberty Adrien, Edition Taube a.o.
Offprint London, books by: Book Works, The London Centre for Book Arts, Mark Pawson / Disinfotainment, Xexoxial Editions, Bricks from the Kiln, Conveyor Editions, Conveyor Editions, The Laundry arts, Woman Cave Collective, Rehab Eldalil, Mophradat, Archive Books, Hato Press, Active Distribution, Worms Magazine, Esmat – Publishing List, Macaco Press, a.o .
About the guests:
Gloria Glitzer
Gloria Glitzer is the avatar of the artists Franziska Brandt and Moritz Grünke.
Founded in 2007, Gloria Glitzer develops, creates, and publishes artzines and artists’ books.
Gloria Glitzer also runs We make it a Risography and Graphics studio and the Herbarium Riso, a public archive dedicated to stencil printed matters.
From 2015 to 2022 Moritz Grünke organized, together with a team, the Miss Read Festival at HKW, Berlin.
Werkplaats Typografie
Werkplaats Typografie is a two-year experimental Master’s programme in graphic design. It functions as a research environment wherein participants define the content, aims and conditions of their international independent design practice, and develop their artistic, visual, discursive and practical qualities. Being part of a questioning community, they learn how to interact with their ambitions and skills, positioning themselves in the field while pushing its limits.
PrintRoom table at Offprint London (Tate Modern)
