THE CLASSROOM
The Classroom, is a long-running program that provides space for artists, writers, designers, and publishers to highlight new releases at NYABF and fosters dialogue around important themes in artists’ book publishing. The NYABF 2022 Classroom is organized in collaboration with David Senior, Director of Library & Archives at SFMOMA, and is hosted by Dia Art Foundation.
All programs were recorded and archived on our Youtube Channel. See below!
12:00—1:00pm
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1:00-2:00pm
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2:00-3:00pm
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Dissidents of the Gaze, with Marilyn Minter and Betty Tompkins
At the intersection of desire, feminism, and unseen modes of representation, the works of Betty Tompkins and Marilyn Minter have ceaselessly questioned the rules of representation. Their inscrutable paintings and photographs question contemporary issues around image dissemination, particularly in this age of screens and renewed censorship. This conversation will explore both artists' relationships to decades of dissidence. Presented by JBE Books.︎︎︎ Watch here
1:00-2:00pm
Plexus, with Camille Norment, Seth Cluett, and James Hoff
Throughout her career, Camille Norment has investigated what she terms cultural psychoacoustics: the relationships and contingencies between sound, culture, and perception. In conjunction with her ongoing exhibition at Dia, this conversation will launch Norment’s latest artist book, Plexus. Norment will be in dialogue with artists Seth Cluett and James Hoff about the interrelations of sound (art) and print media, as well as how the book form can reflect time-based work. As an extension of Plexus, Cluett and Hoff collaborated with Norment on an iterative and interactive library of text and audio, available to browse in the Dia program space. Extending this collaborative mode to a live conversation, the artists will also speak to how the library’s materials are accrued and how text and distributed media can provide new and critical context to the experience of listening. Presented by Dia Art Foundation.︎︎︎ Watch here
2:00-3:00pm
Stutters, with Dominique Hurth and Kari Conte
Dominique Hurth discusses her book Stutters, published by Printed Matter (2021), with contributor and curator Kari Conte. The talk will explore Hurth's extensive research project into the cyanotypes of Thomas W. Smillie, the first custodian and curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of photography (active 1868 to 1917).The publication builds on several years of the artist's research, reworking original images into visual montage as they document a ‘national’ collection in the making. Through photographs of empty display cabinets and staged objects within the Smithsonian’s holdings, the project follows divergent threads of photographic history, exhibitionship and collection-making, as well as developments in various technological apparatuses across the late 19th and early 20th century. Presented by Printed Matter, Inc.︎︎︎ Watch here
3:00-4:00pm
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4:00-5:00pm
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5:00-6:00pm
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General Idea, with Claire Gilman, Alex Kitnick, and Adam Welch
This conversation celebrates two monumental publications on the work of General Idea. Produced in conjunction with the National Gallery of Canada’s current retrospective survey of General Idea, the exhibition's curator and catalog’s editor Adam Welch will introduce the publishing project with catalog contributor and art historian, Alex Kitnick. The publication traces General Idea’s activities from their earliest performances and actions to their use of advertising media in the public realm, as well as their gallery and museum work. Claire Gilman, Chief Curator of The Drawing Center, will also introduce the exhibition and publication, Ecce Homo, The Drawings of General Idea, currently on view at the Drawing Center. Presented by The National Gallery of Canada and The Drawing Center.︎︎︎ Watch here
4:00-5:00pm
I can’t stand to see you cry, with Rahim Fortune and Jordan Weitzman
Rahim Fortune’s breakthrough publication, I can’t stand to see you cry, is an exploration of Texas and the surrounding states, as well as the people who are fixed within its complex landscape. Fortune analyzes relationships between family, friends, and strangers, all caught in a flood of health and environmental issues while working to maintain grace. Fortune’s biographical approach to photography attempts to unpack his own identity and experience in the midst of a pandemic, civil unrest, a cross-country move, a career, and the loss of a parent, thinking about both the future and past. Fortune will be joined in conversation by Jordan Weitzman, who hosts the podcast Magic Hour, which covers over 50 interviews with photographers and people involved in the medium. Presented by Loose Joints.︎︎︎ Watch here
5:00-6:00pm
Passages Series Reading
This reading features authors in the Passage Series, which publishes emerging writers and artists whose work manifests in innovative, hybrid, and cross-genre forms that imagine new possibilities and expressions of the poetic, the political, and the social. Poets Rachel James, Benjamin Krusling, and Kamelya Omayma Youssef will share work from their recent and forthcoming books. Presented by Wendy’s Subway.︎︎︎ Watch here