New book: Other Reflexes by Diana Georgiou
Just in – the second title in the Interstices series, edited by Bridget Penney, is Other Reflexes by Diana Georgiou. Available to pre-order now at a special price of £10 (rrp £14).
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Rosa-Johan Uddoh & Lola Olufemi in conversation
Saturday 12 November 2022
Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel High Street
London E1 7QX
Rosa-Johan Uddoh will be in conversation with Lola Olufemi at the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday 12 November as part of a day of events celebrating the Jarman Awards shortlist. Rosa will be reading from their new book,
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Graphic Negotiations #6 – Fraser Muggeridge
Graphic Negotiations #6 – Fraser Muggeridge
Wed 9 November, 1pm, online. RSVP.
Book Works sees graphic design as crucial to realising artists and writers’ ideas in the final form of the book. While conventionally designers often become involved in the later stages of a book’s production, and with a limited brief, we involve the design in a collaborative process from the start to realise, with designer, artist and editor working together to create a book that realises the artists’ vision.
November Book of the Month: Licorice by Bridget Penney
Our book of the month for November, with 30% off, is Licorice by Bridget Penney.
Chalk, gorse, old coppice, redundant dew ponds, a crossroads formed by the intersection of a B road and an ancient fisherman’s track. It’s August. The rain shows no sign of stopping.
Battle #1 (San Romano, 1432) – Francesco Pedraglio
The first of four short films commissioned by Book Works to mark the publication of Francesco Pedraglio’s Battles Vol. 1 (2022). Co-published by Book Works and Parallel // Oaxaca, and designed by Santiago Da Silva, Francesco Pedraglio’s new book uses battles as a story-telling frame to focus on the small details and absurdities that characterise … Continued
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Launch events for Battles Vol 1 by Francesco Pedraglio
To celebrate the publication of Battles Vol 1 by Francesco Pedraglio, we are releasing a series of four short videos films created for Book Works Instagram @bookworksuk, and released from 26 October.
Marcus Coates’ The Directors films available to view online this week only
The Directors is a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals in recovery from different lived experiences of psychosis, commissioned by Artangel. Positioned behind the camera, each of them directs Coates in a filmed restaging of particular episodes from their lives. Following extensive research and discussion, the five short films challenge cultural stigma through … Continued
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New Stuart Brisley show at the Lungley Gallery
7 October–19 November 2022
Lungley Gallery
Wed–Sat, 11am–6pm
A new show by Stuart Brisley opens in London this week at the Lungley Gallery. Featuring new paintings alongside Maya Balcioglu’s photographs of Before The Mast, a ten-day durational performance that took place in London in 2013.
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small white monkeys (re)launch at Burley Fisher
Join us at Burley Fisher to launch the new edition of small white monkeys: on self-expression, self-help & shame by Sophie Collins. Sophie will be reading from her work, as will Helen Charman who has written a new introduction for the second edition. They will be joined by Rachael Allen, also reading from her work.
October Book of the Month: The Stuart Brisley Interviews
Our book of the month for October, with 30% off, is The Stuart Brisley Interviews: Performance and Its Afterlives This series of interviews, held by curator and writer Gilane Tawadros, are focussed entirely on Stuart Brisley’s practice and directed by him. The artist’s narration of his practice demonstrates an unswerving resistance to controlling the narrative … Continued