Public Address at the Vancouver Art Book Fair

Hi all, If you're in Vancouver this October 4th- 5th, please drop by the Vancouver Art Gallery and visit Leannej and I at our table on the second floor. We'll be displaying Bulgarian zines and artist books and launching our new collaborative book Monument, featuring texts by Leannej and images by yours truly. Here's the press release:

Public Address at the Vancouver Art Book Fair

Vancouver Artists Leannej and My Name Is Scot showcase artists books and zines from Bulgarian artists for the Vancouver Art Book Fair in the Vancouver Art Gallery October 4 and 5th 2014 in an exhibition entitled, Public Address.

Public Address is an ongoing project initiated by Leannej and My Name Is Scot. The project was initiated during their two-month stay at the Sofia Art Residency in Sofia, Bulgaria, which coincided with the first anniversary of the almost year-long public protests against government corruption in Bulgaria.



Public Address explores notions of activism, authority and the ways and means of disseminating public and private messages. As part of the project, Leannej and My Name Is Scot collected zines and artist books by Bulgarian writers and artists, which they will be presenting for the Vancouver Art Book Fair. Featured artists include Sevda Semer, Alla Georgieva, Biliana Velkoa, Steven Guermeur, Kiril Prashkov, Lazar Lyutakov, Voin de Voin, artists from the Bulgarian Queer Forum, and Blood Becomes Water.

During the Vancouver Art Book Fair, Leannej and My Name Is Scot will also be launching their new book, Monument, published by Publication Studios in Vancouver. Monument features images made by My Name Is Scot and texts written by Leannej, chronicling their two months of living and working in Bulgaria.

For more info please check out the Vancouver Art Book Fair website: http://2014.vancouverartbookfair.com/.

There's a lot of really interesting stuff going on, it'd be lovely to see you there!

Malefactor @ Fuse @ The Vancouver Art Gallery, April 25/14

Thanks to all of you who made it out to Fuse at the Vancouver Art Gallery, it was great to see you. It was a wonderful evening, with some riveting performances and fabulous work reflecting the theme of Terrible Beauty, curated and staged by the equally riveting and fabulous Veda Hille and Vanessa Kwan. Thanks also to volunteers Joanne and Carly who did an exemplary job, helping me to drag around and place the 32 life-sized characters.

 

I always hope to encourage people to bring their own thoughts and concerns to the work I initiate . Malefactor had people guessing which letters came next, imagining words and meanings and occasionally trying to sneak a look at the last two letters (which were covered until the final reveal). Many voices, ideas and a lot of pondering the ultimate meaning of the piece's cryptic phrase, exactly the kind of interaction I was hoping for. Thanks again to all of you for your thoughtful conversation and feedback!

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