Focal Point Gallery : a new institutional model?

A description is given of how Focal Point Gallery’s (FPG) new building (in Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was conceived in terms of its practical effectiveness in addressing tensions between local and global, utopian, social and political thought, through the commissioning of permanent and temporary artworks – by Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Scott King, Mike Nelson, Elizabeth Price, Allen Rupperberg, Tris Vonna-Michell and Lawrence Weiner – via an ethical curatorial approach involving affirmative modes of criticality. This includes an account of distribution strategies used for FPG’s printed publicity as an artistic program in its own right, and the various platforms, channels and spaces of editorial circulation that informed this curatorial approach

Dead Time

This KUF project evolved from teaching at KHiO and was partially funded by KUF and came together in the last year as the first photographic iterations resulting from the research phases. The research phases developed into new works which were exhibited at a group show, 'Austerlitz', A Tale of A Tub (in collaboration with Tlön Projects), Rotterdam, in February 2022. The research project was further developed at a solo show at Jan Mot, Brussels, in February 2022. The show, Back Segments, at Jan Mot, had an emphasis on photographic display and material resulting from my research (and recently acquired archive) in quite a direct manner, by presenting a photographic print series. The KUF funding enabled me to get started, but after a few initial iterations I still feel compelled to explore further the research area and intend to do so for upcoming exhibitions at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon, and Moon Grove, Manchester (in late 2023 and early 2024)

Walking Sonic Texts, Sound Poetry and Movement

The Sonic Texts KUF project unfolded in various ways, and in some respects developed into outputs that were not necessarily anticipated but nonetheless still proved valuable in the evolution of the project. The core phase of research and production was the realisation of the new sound composition, which was first exhibited at my solo show at CAV, Coimbra. Unfortunately due to the pandemic I never experienced the work installed, but gradually the sound composition found a new context in the form of an edition, an audio cassette box-set co-released by Frans Masereel Centrum and Mount Analogue. It became an additional track to the compilation and in dialogue with Wilfred Wagner, as graphic designer/artist, the sound compositions explored new ways of publishing and distribution (within my own practice). Jan Verwoert wrote a text to accompany the audio materials, which was also a new layer of dialogue and reflection which was beneficial to the KUF project

Dead Time

This KUF project evolved from teaching at KHiO and was partially funded by KUF and came together in the last year as the first photographic iterations resulting from the research phases. The research phases developed into new works which were exhibited at a group show, 'Austerlitz', A Tale of A Tub (in collaboration with Tlön Projects), Rotterdam, in February 2022. The research project was further developed at a solo show at Jan Mot, Brussels, in February 2022. The show, Back Segments, at Jan Mot, had an emphasis on photographic display and material resulting from my research (and recently acquired archive) in quite a direct manner, by presenting a photographic print series. The KUF funding enabled me to get started, but after a few initial iterations I still feel compelled to explore further the research area and intend to do so for upcoming exhibitions at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon, and Moon Grove, Manchester (in late 2023 and early 2024)

Walking Sonic Texts, Sound Poetry and Movement

The Sonic Texts KUF project unfolded in various ways, and in some respects developed into outputs that were not necessarily anticipated but nonetheless still proved valuable in the evolution of the project. The core phase of research and production was the realisation of the new sound composition, which was first exhibited at my solo show at CAV, Coimbra. Unfortunately due to the pandemic I never experienced the work installed, but gradually the sound composition found a new context in the form of an edition, an audio cassette box-set co-released by Frans Masereel Centrum and Mount Analogue. It became an additional track to the compilation and in dialogue with Wilfred Wagner, as graphic designer/artist, the sound compositions explored new ways of publishing and distribution (within my own practice). Jan Verwoert wrote a text to accompany the audio materials, which was also a new layer of dialogue and reflection which was beneficial to the KUF project

No more racing in circles – just pacing within lines of a rectangle

The box set publication No more racing in circles – just pacing within lines of a rectangle is a reflection on the impact of performing several narrations during a concentrated timespan and the various approaches to documentation practice. It contains 44 sheets printed on a Heidelberg offset press. The accompanying colophon sheet introduces each offset sheet in the box set, which together represent the performative aspect of Vonna-Michell´s practice in the forms of score and transcription. No more racing in circles – just pacing within lines of a rectangle addresses several recording markers in his practice as well as the durational aspect of writing and performing. The box set is published and distributed by three independent publishing houses: BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOTTE (Berlin), Mount Analogue (Stockholm) and Slimvolume (London). Hardback (boxed), containing a booklet with losse sheets, 297mm x 210 mm. Edition: 200. Each copy is unique. Designed by Studio Manuel Reader and Tris Vonna-Michell. ISBN: 978-3-943514-63-6 (BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE) 978-91-983195-0-7 (Mount Analogue) 978-1-910516-04-1 (Slimvolume

Searching for Sebald : Photography After W.G. Sebald

"Searching for Sebald: Photography After W. G. Sebald is a collection of original essays and visual projects inspired by the work of W. G. Sebald. The interest in Sebald has crossed disciplines, igniting passionate dialogue among and between scholars and practitioners. This unique project, with its intricate weave of image and text, captures this spirited conversation in both theory and praxis. Searching for Sebald is edited by Lise Patt with Christel Dillbohner." -- Publisher's website