New Job: Sales and Distribution Assistant
Book Works – an independent art publisher based in Shoreditch is looking for a Sales and Distribution Assistant.
News
Goldsmiths, University of London Art Writing Award 2011, selected by Book Works
This new award is presented by Book Works to recent graduates of the MFA Art Writing programme at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Library Relocations
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Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, B1, 29 September – 9 October, 2004
Leipzig based artists Tilo Schulz and Mark Hamilton examine the editorial relationships between art, the exhibition and its audience, employing wall paintings, sculpture and archive TV and film footage to re-address the mediation of art and ideas and their relation to a nomadic audience. As contributors to and co-editors of Spector cut paste Schulz and Hamilton’s installations lift text from the page to ask ‘What would a 3D publication look like?’
Exhibition events:
Outside of the white page, 7 October 2004
Forthcoming Bookfairs
Book Works will be participating in Dublin Art Book fair, and What we make with words at the CCA Glasgow, in December:
New Job: Sales and Distribution Manager
To start week beginning 16 January 2012
Book Works – an independent art publisher based in Shoreditch is looking for a Sales and Distribution Manager to start work in mid January 2012.
The position is based at
Book Works
19 Holywell Row
London EC2A 4JB
and is for a three-day week, plus some overtime and UK/international sales trips.
BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS
A nine week course in hand bookbinding. Students will have the opportunity to learn basic bookbinding techniques through a variety of historical and contemporary styles, and to use conventional and unconventional binding materials. There will also be a chance to develop a personal project in the latter stages. The course will be for a maximum of 8 students and will be run by Ina Baumeister at Book Works Studio.
Course Dates: Thursdays from 2nd February to 29th March, 2012
Time: 6.30 to 9.00pm
Cost: £200 per student
Course contact details: [email protected]
Tel: 020 7247 2506
BOOK WORKS OPEN SUBMISSIONS SERIES GUEST EDITOR: NINA POWER
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2011
New Website and Digital Archive
Book Works has developed a new website and digital archive that now includes material ranging from finished works to ephemera, correspondence, photographs and manuscripts providing an insight into the working processes of both the publishing and studio sections of the organisation.
Again, A Time Machine — Part five
White Columns, New York
22 October to 19 November 2011
Opening Friday 21 October 6 – 8 pm
Performance: Stewart Home and Kenneth Goldsmith
Saturday 22 October, 6.30pm