KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Anita Di Bianco, Berlin
Archive of Modern Conflict
Barbara Wien
Wilma Lukatsch
Boekie Woekie
Edie Fake
Erik Steinbrecher
Eva Weinmayr
Michael Baers
Michalis Pichler
Mladen Stilinovic
International publishers and artists show their artist books. Presenting a selection of more than 40 of the most active contributors in this field, the festival provides the rare opportunity to encounter and explore the contemporary scene of independent publishing.
Anita Di Bianco, Berlin/New York | Archive Books, Berlin/Turin |
Archive of Modern Conflict, London | argobooks, Berlin | Barbara Wien
Wilma Lukatsch, Berlin | Bartleby & Co., Brussels | Boekie Woekie,
Amsterdam | Book Works, London | Chicago – Times – Plotter [...]
Paper – Libertine – Trixie, Vienna | documentation céline duval,
Houlgate | Edie Fake, Chicago | Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich | Erik
Steinbrecher, Berlin | Eva Weinmayr, London | Fucking Good Art,
Rotterdam | GAGARIN, Antwerp | GRAPHIC, Seoul | Half Letter
Press/Temporary Services, Chicago | Mediabus, Seoul | Michael Baers,
Berlin | Michalis Pichler/"greatest hits", Berlin | Mladen
Stilinović, Zagreb | Mörel Books, London | no press/derek beaulieu,
Calgary | Piktogram/Bureau of Loose Associations, Warsaw | Regency
Arts Press Ltd., New York | Revolver Publishing, Berlin | Roma
Publications, Amsterdam | Samandal, Beirut | Space Poetry, Copenhagen
| Spector Books, Leipzig | Sternberg Press, Berlin/New York | The
Green Box, Berlin | Torpedo Press, Oslo | Ugly Duckling Presse, New
York | (un)limited store, Marseille | Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther
König, Cologne | Weproductions, Deuchar Mill, Yarrow | Zavod
P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E., Ljubljana | ZINE'S MATE, Tokyo
For the second time MISS READ has invited international publishers
and artists to show their artist books at KW Institute for
Contemporary Art in Berlin. Presenting a selection of more than 40 of
the most active contributors in this field, the festival provides the
rare opportunity to encounter and explore the contemporary scene of
independent publishing.
MISS READ will be accompanied by a number of lectures, performances
and talks by Brett Bloom (Half Letter Press/Temporary Services), Eva
Weinmayr, Fillip and others; a program co-curated by Christoph Keller.
For further details and the accompanying program please consult the
website http://www.kw-berlin.de
MISS READ takes place in conjunction with Unter dem Motto 2010 at
Motto, Berlin-Kreuzberg (http://www.mottodistribution.com).
MISS READ is a collaboration of KW Institute for Contemporary Art and
the Berlin-based publishers argobooks and Michalis Pichler. Project
management KW: Anke Schleper.
The festival is co-financed by the European Union (European Fund for
Regional Development. Investing in Your Future.)
Further Information:
Denhart v. Harling . T +49. 30. 243459. 42 . press@kw-berlin.de
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststrasse 69 - 10117 Berlin
Opening hours:
Friday, September 3, 3 – 7 pm
Saturday, September 4, noon – 7 pm
Sunday, September 5, noon – 7 pm