What is an Art Book? Volume 4
For our latest volume of “What is an Art Book?”, The Modern Language Experiment is very excited to collaborate with Space N.N during the Super Book Weekend in Munich this year.
An Art Book today can be seen to occupy various positions, including that of a piece of theory, a catalogue of artworks, a printed exhibition, a supplement to a pre-existing piece or a piece of art in itself. It can be a proposal for the future, an examination of the present, or what has passed. “What is an Art Book?” is the continued investigation of what an Art Book is in terms of material, conceptual, industrial and political concerns with our existing TMLE network and Munich art makers. Over 50 artists, writers, curators, and other practitioners are invited to respond to the project's title by contributing their interpretation of what an Art book means to them and their practice.
Each contributor can propose text, drawings, photographs, sculpture, performance, audio recordings, video or any other concept/theory as long as it can ultimately be realised in A4 paper format and in black and white. All contributing artists will receive a copy of the final published book.
Over the three days, the contributors will supply/produce their artworks at Space NN, which will serve as an exhibition space, a production house, and a place of discourse as we create the actual art book together.
We have invited Sluice and Peer Sessions from London to host an Artist talk on the closing day, and Ruby Cruel will host the book launch in early 2026 in East London. As always, the final book will be donated to public collections in the UK and Munich for the first time.
Space n.n
Gabelsberger Str 26
Munich
80333
https://www.instagram.com/space_n.n/
24th October 6pm – 10pm (opening night)
25th October 11am – 7pm (book making all day)
26th October 1pm – 5pm (Artists talks and Finissage)
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