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Playground '16 - '07

2018
144 pages / 22 x19 cm
Published by
MER. Paper Kunsthalle & M - Museum Leuven
Language
EN
Authors
Adva Zakai, Anne-Sophie Dinant, Béatrice Balcou, Catherine Wood, Cis Bierinckx, Cristina Grande, DD Dorvillier, Dora Garcia, Els De Bodt, Emmanuel Lambion, Guillaume Désanges, Hans Bryssinck, Ilse Van Essche, Isabel De Naveran, Jamie Eastman, Jimmy Robe
Design
Michaël Bussaer
Print
Graphius, Ghent
ISBN
978 94 9232 177 0
Price
20.00 euros

What is the importance of the medium performance today? Which challenges are occurring? And which role has Playground in this context? This set of questions was presented at a selection of artists and curators who visited the festival. Their reflections on ten years Playground led to a new publication, in which curators Steven Vandervelden (STUK) and Eva Wittocx (M-Museum Leuven) also share their vision. As a result the book presents a unique retrospective on the nation-al and international importance of the festival.

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MER. Paper Kunsthalle foundation was established in 2005 in order to examine the possibilities and position of books as places to exhibit art. Since their incipience, art books often developed as rigid catalogues or aide-mémoires. They were seldom considered as genuine spaces to exhibit living art. However, from Dada onwards artists have always thought of books as independent exhibiting spaces. From its creation onwards, MER keeps building further on this specific artistic practice.

One of MER. Paper Kunsthalle’s main focuses therefore is to provide this singular exhibiting space to artists, by creating an institutional platform that publishes art books in a different fashion. MER. calls itself a Paper Kunsthalle; because it initiates, develops and supports art exhibiting within the medium book.

Since its launch MER. Paper Kunsthalle has produced, curated and published over 300 books with and by underserved to established artists. MER has also experimented with exhibiting artists' books as independent works of art, in artistic spaces. These nomadic, curatorial exhibitions go by the name MER. Station, and have been presented in a wide range of national and international artistic venues.

In 2018 MER. Paper Kunsthalle entrusted its book publishing activities to Borgerhoff & Lambrigts NV, where it continues its programme under the MER. Imprint.

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