IS A SHOW, IS A SHOP, IS A BOOK

Exhibition
Graphic Design Workshop
Talks and Lectures

Invited by the Latvian Center for Contemporary Art (LCCA) Eigja Inzule and Maja Wismer curated an exhibition with and about books. Focussing on the double role of books within the field of art both as self-contained aesthetic entity and as a medium of information and discourse, a selection of exhibition catalogues, artists’ books and art theory publications was displayed. According to the concept of LCCA’s contextual framework ”Survival Kit” the books were put on view in an empty shop in the city center of Riga, becoming a temporary bookshop, with most of the books also being for sale. Furthermore the exhibtion wished to expand into a discursive platform: lectures, presentations and performances were scheduled.

Among the invited guests were the curator and co-founder of the Berlin based art bookstore pro qm Axel John Wieder, the Stockholm based artists’ duo Goldin+Senneby, Alexis Zavialoff from Motto distribution, Flash Institut, Estonian graphic designer Indrek Sirkel and Asterisk* – a mobile bookstore. The exhibition also hosted ”The most beautiful Swiss Books 2008”.

Index of CDs and Vinyls

chosen by Edgars Gluhovs as contribution for IS A SHOW, IS A SHOP, IS A BOOK

Index of CDs and vinyls

Index of Magazines

chosen by Tobias Kaspar as contribution for IS A SHOW, IS A SHOP, IS A BOOK

Index of magazines

Exhibition Program