Program

MABB2022 Artist’s Book Fair, 6.5 12–6 pm & 7.5 11 am–5 pm.

The fair will be held at Victoria Theatre in the centre of Malmö with 34 exhibitors from eight different coutries.

Free entrance.

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SEMINARS (in Swedish)

Onsdag 4 maj kl. 18–20
Malmö Konsthall, C-salen.
Åke Hodell och artists’ books
Åke Hodell var en pioniär inom artists’ books och blev under 60-talet en viktig bidragsgivare till genren.
Medverkande: Jesper Olsson, Linköpings Universitet; Ida Börjel, författare; Teddy Hultberg, författare och forskare.
Presentatör: Thomas Breitenstein Millroth, konstkritiker och författare.

Fredag 6 maj kl. 14–16
Orkanenbiblioteket, Malmö Univ.
Det institutionella (o)intresset av artists’ books
Hur ser bibliotekens ansvar för artists’ books ut? Finns det förebilder i andra länder?
Medverkande: Angie Butler, Bristol, Storbritannien, Mårten Bohman och Linda Sundberg, Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek, Trond Søbdal, Bergens design & konstbibliotek; Thomas Hvid Kromann, Det Kgl. Bibliotek Cph
Presentatör: Jonas Ellerström.

Söndag 8 maj kl. 11–13, 14–16
Malmö Konsthall, C-salen.
Meet the book artists (in English and Scandinavian)
Ett antal av utställarna från mässan på Victoriateatern berättar om sin verksamhet.
Medverkande: David Armes (UK), Kamilla Jørgensen (DK), Randi Annie Strand (NO, Conceptual Art Centre Bukovje/Landskrona (SLO/SE), Morten Søndergaard (DK), Egidija Ciricaite (UK), Northing (NO/CN).

EXHIBITION
22 april–17 maj
Orkanenbiblioteket, Malmö Universitet
Malmö Artists’ Books Archive
Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad Grafik i Malmö visar ett stort urval artists’ books  ur sin samling.

WORKSHOPS for professional artists

Mimeograph by Ervin Block

Fri 6.5 1–5 pm, Sat 7.5 11 am–4 pm, Sun 8.5 10 am–2 pm
The stage of Victoria Theatre.

Erwin Blok, ”the king of Gestetner”, invites you to a stencil-printing
workshop. Learn all about the Gestetner and the mimeograph prin-
ting technique. Gestetner is a stencil duplicator, created back in 1881
and developed up through the 1980s. With a stencil duplicator, each
colour is printed separately. You will learn about the aesthetics of the
Gesterner stencil duplicator and the possibilities that they offer. You
also have the opportunity to print your own material with help from
Erwin Blok.


A2-risographic print

Sunday 8.5, 10 am–2 pm
Orkanen, Malmö university.

Risographic print is an exciting and accessible printing-technique,
which makes it possible to produce artisticly interesting prints in
large quatities. This workshop will give you an introduction to the
technique and you will also be able to print a poster of your own.
We will meet at the entrance at 10.00 (am).
Preparations: Bring an image you want to print on a usb-stick.
Format: A2 420×594 mm. Resolution: at least 300 dpi. Grayscale.
(not bitmap) and in one layer. File-format: pdf, tif.

Adana press

Friday 6.5 12–6 pm, Saturday 7.5 11 am–5 pm
The foyer of Victoria Theatre.

Letterpress printing is a very old printing technique where wooden
or/and metal type are used to set text. The Adana press is a small
printing press which can be used for postcards, business cards and
leaflets. You will get a MABB postcard as a memento of your visit to
MABB 2022.