Join us for the launch of Leesmap #2!
Saturday 1 February from 16:00 – 19:00
An afternoon of talks and presentations by artists and publishers.
~ We’ll welcome you with drinks, a spicy soup and a Leesmap special edition quince pie by one of our collaborators ~
We look forward to celebrating with you!
We’re bringing together long-time and new publishing friends in a unique collective publication project: Leesmap. This playful and experimental publication gathers a variety of artist (maga)zines and will be distributed to a wide range of unexpected places: from hairdressers’ or dentists’ waiting room to art spaces, laundromats, libraries, and maybe even your own living room!
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Leesmap is inspired by the traditional Dutch ‘leesmap’—a folder with mainstream magazines, popular in the ‘70s and ‘80s. ‘Leesmap’ was (and still is) a way for people to access tabloids or erotica that one would hesitate to buy in a shop. Traditionally, the magazines would be delivered in an anonymous cover and held in a nondescript folder, which would then travel from household to household. By revisiting this concept, PrintRoom’s Leesmap explores an alternative model for the distribution of artist publishing.
Leesmap #2 features a wide array of (maga)zines, each exploring a different take on popular periodicals: a women’s zine, a children’s zine, a well-being zine, a parenthood zine, a DIY zine, a pastime zine, and even a yellow pages zine!
Contributing artists and publishers include:
Moosje M. Goosen & Ian Whittlesea | Loraine Furter & Moustapha Mouss Guissé | Kexin Hao, Kimberley Cosmilla, Sandy Christ & Sophie Douala | Jan Steinbach | Martín La Roche, Catarina Real & DongYoung Lee | Miek Zwamborn, Rutger Emmelkamp, Seth Crook, Bronwen Jones, Agathe Gabrielle Delaite & Nicole Martens | The Anarchist Citizenship & Kinsi Abdulleh | Hugo Rocci & José Quintanar.
The program is kindly supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and the City of Rotterdam. Leesmap was made possible by The Cultuurfonds and Pictoright Fonds.
