Wed. + Thurs. + Fri. 11 - 18 hr / Sat. 11 - 16 hr
einBuch.haus / Lindenstr. 91, 10969 Berlin *NEW ADDRESS*
Print on demand has revolutionized publishing. Digital printing and online platforms such as Blurb, Lulu and Kindle Direct Publishing allow anyone to publish a work immediately and without financial risk. These books come with an industrial look and feel and global distribution. This has undoubtedly democratized production and opened up spaces beyond the established trade book world and its gatekeepers. At the same time, new dependencies emerge. This dynamic has given rise to an entire subculture that engages with print on demand in search of new aesthetics, economies, and publics, while also critically negotiating our postdigial present and its monopolies.
The Library of Artistic Print on Demand maps this experimental field for the first time and explores its ethical implications, critical poetics, historical depths and political relevance. It consists of a collection of more than 244 outstanding works preserved by the Bavarian State Library, a searchable online archive and an extensive catalogue with contributions by leading practitioners and scholars of the field published by Spector Books.
einBuch.haus will show a respective selection of the Library of Artistic Print on Demand: books as a medium to monitor and utilize technological change, books as memes, books materializing formerly impossible concepts, books that were produced via outsourcing or algorithms, books as hacks or containers for ephemeral digital cultures, books that tackle our fatigue in the face of an all-encompassing platform capitalism.
Annette Gilbert researches experimental forms of writing, artists’ books, and conceptual art. Andreas Bülhoff works both artistically and academically at the intersection of text and technology.
List of Participating Artists from the collection Library of Artistic Print on Demand
Hartmut Abendschein, Greg Allen, Anonymous, Åbäke, Hannes Bajohr, Nanni Balestrini, Hester Barnard, Fred Benenson, Olivier Bertrand, Mimi Cabell, Étienne Candel, Francesca Capone, Giulia Ciliberto, Paolo Cirio, Albert Coers, Artists’ Books Cooperative, Felipe Cussen, Kris De Decker, Karen ann Donnachie, Kavi Duvvoori, Geraint Edwards, Jasper Otto Eisenecker, Ben Fry, Angela Genusa, James Goggin, Frank Philippin, Studierende des Fachbereichs Gestaltung der Hochschule Darmstadt, Mishka Henner, Elaine W. Ho, David Horvitz, Jason Huff, Jason Jadick, Marina Kampka, Jean Keller, Dagmara Kraus, Paul Laidler, Joyce S. Lee, Silvio Lorusso, Nicolas Maigret, Michael Maranda, Holly Melgard, Luca Messarra, Julian Palacz, Beatrix Pang, Kathrin Passig, Michalis Pichler, Vanessa Place, AND Publishing, Jake Reber, Aaron A. Reed, Maria Roszkowska, Rafaël Rozendaal, paula roush, Zoë Sadokierski, Joachim Schmid, Sebastian Schmieg, Andy Simionato, Danny Snelson, Paul Soulellis, Mark Staniforth, Isabelle Sully, Chris Sylvester, Stephanie Syjuco, Kyndal Thomas, Ubermorgen, Stéphanie Vilayphiou, Angie Waller, Thomas Walskaar, Barron Webster, Gregor Weichbrodt, Yin Yin Wong, Joey Yearous-Algozin, Rahel Zoller, Hermann Zschiegner, Erin Zwaska