Enjoy Art Book Fair - Conversations on Art in Print

Enjoy Art Book Fair - Conversations on Art in Print

On the last day of the Enjoy Art Book Fair, Enjoy is pleased to host a series of conversations that consider the distribution of art and creative practice through printed and online media. With presentations from Cassandra Barnett (Black Marks on a White Page), Matthew Galloway, and Caitlin Patane (Art+Australia), the talks will consider visual art’s place alongside literature, self-publishing as an artistic and political practice, and the shifting role of art magazines within our current publishing climate.

11:00am – Matthew Galloway

Matthew will discuss his recent project The Ground Swallows You and its recent presentations in the refugee camps of Western Sahara part of ARTifariti 2016/After the Future (2016); Provincia 53. Art, Territory And Descolonization, Leon, Spain (2017); and Melfas. Línea orgánica, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017). As graphic investigation into the geopolitical implications of our economic systems and the trade agreements that connect New Zealand to the disputed territory of Western Sahara, The Ground Swallows You (Parts I & II) has been presented as poster works, wall drawings and sculptures, accompanied by self published, freely distributed newsprint publication.

2:00pm – Caitlin Patane

Caitlin is a practicing artist who currently works as a research assistant at Art + Australia and will discuss the recent changes and relaunch of the publication. Established as Art in Australia in 1916, Art + Australiahas recently been renlaunched as a bi-annual print journal; a digital platform (A+A Online); a small books imprint (A+A Publishing); and a series of other discursive activities and residency opportunities (A+A Publics) following its presentation to the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) at the University of Melbourne by Eleonora Triguboff in 2015.

3:00pm – Cassandra Barnett

Recently published in the Oceanic anthology Black Marks on a White Page (edited by Tina Makereti and Witi Ihimaera), Cassandra will reflect upon her own work Pitter Patter Papatūānuku: Monologues of 3 Gods, which takes its initial inspiration from the work of Alex Monteith, and the place of visual arts within the publication, not as an illustration, but as another mode of storytelling.

Publications from the fair will be available for purchase, cash sales only.

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