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Excursus I: Reference Library
Up On My Back, and I Will Take You Thither
Opening, Wednesday, September 14, 6:30pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Excursus is a new series at ICA that invites the public to come together, converse, and peruse archival material in the context of the present. Designer Andy Beach, known for his blog and curatorial interventions under the name Reference Library, inaugurates the series with Up on My Back, and I Will Take You Thither, a project that takes inspiration from the Centaur Book Shop, Philadelphia’s own Prohibition-era radical press, record store, and bohemian meeting place.
On Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30pm come celebrate the opening with a talk about the Centaur by curator Lynne Farrington of Penn’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To be followed by an after hours reception on the ICA terrace.
Throughout the season return for a game of chess, roundtable discussions, workshops, and other free events. Find out more at: www.icaphila.org/excursus
Mark· 09/12/11 
WAVE MANUAL will not be your standard, run-of-the-mill textbook. We intend to approach the book as a work of art that includes graffiti, paintings, flyers, broadcasts, and collaborative community projects that have taken place both within the Free Radio movement and in the construction of our text.
WAVE MANUAL will not simply be a theoretical exercise but a documentation of our complete immersion into the Micro-FM movement that includes travel to Mexico and around the U.S. to work with and interview participants of various Free Radio collectives.
Your donations go to travel expenses, the procurement of materials, and the publishing costs of WAVE MANUAL. We are extremely excited about the potentials of this project and we thank you for your donations.
Please visit the WAVE MANUAL Kickstarter page here to find more about and to support this project.
Kathryn· 07/03/11 
Investment Futures Strategy, Ltd. (United States) in partnership with GRAPHIC magazine (Korea) is pleased to introduce Futures, a semi-official newsletter published as a stand-alone supplement to GRAPHIC #17 (”When Design Becomes Attitude”). In lieu of a traditional contribution, IFS, Ltd. has chosen to use the GRAPHIC platform to continue its experiments in trade and publishing.
Within the logic of IFS, Ltd. Futures will also act as a form of currency: readers can use their copy of the newsletter to trade for a copy of the Book Trust Prospectus (see: the Prospectus, left). These recirculated copies of Futures will then be re-made available as a way to generate revenue for a future, freely distributed, as-yet-undefined project thus continuing the self-sustaining eco-system of publishing and distribution, one in which readers and producers collaborate to generate and circulate content outside of the cost-prohibitive channels of traditional publishing.
The IFS, Ltd. Futures Newsletter is, in non-equal parts: a corporate bulletin, a speculative trading instrument, an experiment in memetic and symbiotic publishing, an internal-external analysis of company performance (B. Critton, H. Gassel, B. Griffiths, Z. Klauck, M. Nguyen), a proposal for an allegorical Escape Act (S. Dockray), a bid for a series of six activities (D. Horvitz), an abridged catalogue of semi-fictional gemstones (L. Francescone), a profile of independent art book distributor (Textfield, Inc.), and a self-reflexive / -reflective cartoon caption contest (R. Rozendaal).
Amsterdam (1965-1967), as installed by Experimental Jetset
W139
Warmoesstraat 139
1012 JB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
February 17 - March 14, 2011
CONTRA MUNDUM I-VII BOOK RELEASE
Sunday, Dec. 5, 7pm
Mandrake
Featuring music by Dallas Acid
and films by Matt Anderson.
Ooga Booga
943 N Broadway
Los Angeles CA 90012
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My friend Anna Sew Hoy and I are working on a new artists book — contribute to the project if you can.
Jonathan· 09/29/10 
955,000 — An Unconventional Exhibition Catalogue
Click on pencil for Exhibition/Catalogue information; via Making Known.
via Reference Library.
The Wallis Annenberg Photography Department is pleased to celebrate new and recent publications including Bananas for Moholy-Nagy by Patterson Beckwith, Four Over One by Phil Chang, the Aperture edition of Words Without Pictures edited by Alex Klein, and the limited edition of The Sun as Error by Shannon Ebner. A conversation moderated by Britt Salvesen, Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, with artists Patterson Beckwith and Phil Chang will begin promptly at 4:20 pm. Reception to follow. Light refreshments will be served. Signed books will be available for purchase.
Reception and Conversation
Sunday, May 23, 4-6pm
Art Catalogues at LACMA
Art Catalogues at LACMA is located in the Ahmanson Building near the Tony Smith sculpture Smoke.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
5:00pm-7:00pm
Printed Matter
195 Tenth Ave
New York, NY 10011
In Four Over One, the Los Angeles based artist Phil Chang employs the format of an artists book to explore ideas of economy and obsolescence. In collaboration with designer Jonathan Maghen, Four Over One is structured around Chang’s interest in how new outcomes arise from an antagonism between perceived and actual forms of value. The photographs that appear in the book were created using expired photographic materials exposed by an archival book scanner. Through a sparse display of color, black and white, and half-tone photographs, in conjunction with a restrained typographic treatment, Four Over One employs an economy of scale in order to consider the roles of abstraction, methods of art production, and modes of distribution in our contemporary culture.
Published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department , in association with Textfield, Inc.
Distributed by RAM Publications
Softcover, 16 pp., mimeograph/laser 1/1, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 300
ISBN 978-0-9562605-2-9
Published by Occasional Papers and FormContent
This booklet is published as part of I Wonder What The Silence is About, a body of work, speculating on the (temporary?) disappearance of Art In Ruins. This English collaborative art practice was formed in 1984 and created a radical stance towards the art world, based on critical post-modern thinking. They have been for a short period omnipresent in the London/Berlin art scene before they fell silent in 2001. I contacted Art In Ruins and asked for permission to reprint one of their publications as part of my project. This they rejected but suggested to publish this interview instead, which was initially written for Frieze Magazine in 1994. It has not been printed until today.
—Eva Weinmayr
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Mark Manders, Traducing Ruddle
Newspaper, 16 pp., web offset 1/1, 350 x 480 mm
Insert, 48 pp., offset 1/1, 215 x 280 mm
Edition of 3000
ISBN 978-0-9738133-7-1
Published by Fillip Editions, Roma Publications
Sheets from Manders’ Traducing Ruddle form the central element of the artist’s Window with Fake Newspapers project, a site-specific public work on view through March 28th.
Distributed in North America by Textfield, Inc.
above: 1:1 scale, Waste Bookmark
Jonathan Maghen, Waste Bookmark
Bookmark, offset 1/0, 2 x 5.5 inches
Edition of 11 + 2 proofs, unnumbered
Published by Textfield
Card used by Pressman to indicate any waste, errors, bad sheets, etc., on a printed job to the Bindery; typically made from the waste sheets of other printed jobs. Re-reused as a bookmark; part of an unfinished book, used to bookmark the pages of a finished book.
Textfield· 03/02/10 
Softcover, 96 pp., offset 2/1, 140 x 230 mm
Edition of 1000
ISBN 978-0-9562605-1-2
Published by Occasional Papers
A collection of essays on book design by Catherine de Smet, James Goggin Jenni Eneqvist, Roland Früh, Corina Neuenschwander, Sarah Gottlieb, Richard Hollis, Chrissie Charlton, Armand Mevis.
Distributed in North America by Textfield, Inc.
Slavs and Tatars & Ooga Booga present the west coast debut of Kidnapping Mountains. Featuring a selection and sale of Slavs and Tatars posters, editions, and printed matter.
Ooga Booga
943 N Broadway #203
Los Angeles CA 90012
14 January — 7 February 2010
Ooga Booga is a concept shop vital to the creative life-blood of Los Angeles. It gathers an eclectic range of products. Spearheaded by Wendy Yao, Ooga Booga fosters a vibrant community of independent producers. For Swiss Institute, Yao installs a lounge in which one may read over 300 titles — from self to professionally published. The room contains contributions by:
Swiss Institute
Ooga Booga Reading Room
1 December — 13 February 2010
Bookshop now open — email your order (or order online) and receive 15% off all books, catalogs, editions, magazines, monographs, multiples, and videos, between November 24, 2009 and January 1, 2010. All orders placed by December 11th, will be delivered by December 24th. Orders placed online will receive a 15% refund. Happy Holidays!
Publishers
032c, A&R Press, Bas Morsch, Book Works, Capricious, Charlie White, Christoph Keller Editions, C Magazine, Coins, David Kordansky Gallery, Fillip, FormContent, Four Corners Books, Glen Cummings, Adam Michaels, Harsh Patel, Hassla Books, Hunter and Cook, Hypen Press, JRP|Ringier, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Laura Bartlett Gallery, Laura Palmer Foundation, Manuel Raeder, Mono.Kultur, Museum Paper, Nieves, OK-RM, onestar press, Paperback, Paper Monument, Passenger Books, Peres Projects, Seems, Primary Information, Semiotexte, Slavs and Tatars, Steidl, Textfield, The Power Plant,Tramnesia, True True True, Turner, Vier5, Walker Art Center, Wallspace, Walther König, Wear, and more.
The theme of the nineth issue of Here and There is HER LIFE. It deals with the various factors that make up the many waves in a woman’s life, such as working, becoming pregnant, giving birth. The colorful stories told by Elein Fleiss, Laetitia Bena, Yurie Nagashima, Miranda July, Midori Araki and Aiko Yamada, reflect each of their lives.
Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 9
Softcover, 56 pp., offset 4/duotone, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
ISBN 978-3-905714-69-2
Published by Nieves
Distributed in North America by Textfield, Inc.
032c 18, Thomas Demand
Softcover, 272 pp. + Thomas Demand dossier, offset 4/1, 20 x 27 cm
Edition of 2000
Published by 032c
Distributed in the United States by Textfield, Inc.
Laura Palmer Foundation, Stadium X — A Place That Never Was offers a selection of texts presenting a multi-faceted picture of that site’s deterioration and its existence as a ‘city within a city’ and also documents the series of live art projects. The Stadium and its parasites functions, which are now being erased form the map of Warsaw will likely become some distant planet, while the present publication, with the brilliant contributions from its authors, will attain — perhaps — the status of an unreal story about a place that, after all, never was.
Talk, Screenings, Book Launch and Discussion
Thursday, November 12, 7pm
16 Beaver St, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Free and open to all
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The art world is now both socially professional and professionally social. Curators visit artists’ studios; collectors, dealers, and journalists assemble for a reception and reconvene later for dinner; everyone goes to parties. We exchange introductions and small talk; art is bought and sold; careers (and friendships) brighten or fade. In each situation, certain behaviors are expected while others are silently discouraged. Sometimes, what’s appropriate in the real world would be catastrophic in the art world, and vice versa.
Making these distinctions on the spot can be nerve-wracking and disastrous. So we asked ourselves: What is the place of etiquette in art? How do social mores establish our communities, mediate our critical discussions, and frame our experience of art? If we were to transcribe these unspoken laws, what would they look like? What happens when the rules are broken? Since we didn’t have all the answers, we politely asked our friends for some help.
Softcover, 56 pp., offset 1/1, 4.25 x 8.5 inches
Edition of 500
ISBN 978-0-9797575-2-5
Published by Paper Monument
Distributed in North America by Textfield, Inc.
2009 MFA Graduate Exhibition and Catalog Release
September 15th to September 25th
Reception: Thursday, September 17th, 6-9 p.m.
Catalogs, root beer, and ice cream
USC Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery
3001 S Flower St
Los Angeles CA 90007
http://roski.usc.edu/mfa
Keith Bormuth,
Christian Cummings,
Michael Hayden,
Lee Lynch,
Emily Mast,
Nicole Miller,
Dianna Molzan,
Michael Parker
organized by Jonathan Maghen
2009 MFA Catalog made possible through the generous support of:
Hunk and Moo Anderson, The Harry W. and Mary M. Anderson Charitable Foundation,
Richard and Lynnie Dewey, Putter Pence, Anne Cohen
Textfield, Inc. is an independent publisher and distributor of artists books, catalogs, editions, monographs, multiples, and periodicals. We specialize in the distribution of quality publications from publishers in North America and Europe, to libraries, bookshops, galleries, and museums.
The focus of our publishing catalog involves the development of close working relationships with artists, galleries, museums, universities, and institutions to design and publish books and other printed matter.
Publishers: 032c, Capricious, Christoph Keller Editions, C Magazine, Coins, David Kordansky Gallery, Fillip, FormContent, Harsh Patel, Hassla Books, I-20 Gallery, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Laura Bartlett Gallery, Manuel Raeder, Mono.Kultur, Museum Paper, Nieves, OK-RM, onestar press, Paperback, Peres Projects, Seems, Slavs and Tatars, Textfield, True True True, Vier5, Wallspace, Wear.
Textfield· 09/02/09 
Mandrake Bar
2692 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Wednesday, September 2
7:00–10:00pm
This book was made possible by the generous support of LACMA’s Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, with additional support from LACMA’s Photographic Arts Council.
The * as E//OR was coordinated by Dexter Sinister, New York.