(Sat.) 2nd of September | Snacks

19:00 - 22:30 - Food for Thought

Goodbyes are hard but a small goodbye snack definitely aids the ache, and fills part of the hole left by our friends over at Snacks Amsterdam.

On the 2nd of September at 19:00 byob and snacks will open the mic for poets, spoken word artists, writers, and book worms to share their texts and/or favorite quotes.

Together with tasty treats from Tonya and a parting gift from Joyce, we are happy to use this evening to listen, taste, savor and digest.

(02.08 - 19:00 - Ten Katestraat 26, Amsterdam)

(5 Euro for a slice of cake + surprise gift)

(Fri.) 8th of September | W139

19:00 - 22:30 - Exhibition opening

W139 hosts...

For the duration of the week byob is setting up a publishing station at W139. We publish everyone. You are invited to fill out-in-up the given template, which will be printed on demand and distributed in W139 over the span of the week. The publishing station also serves as a display system for the ongoing research on practices around self-publishing. All the printed work left behind will be bound into a publication on the 16th of September

Please send the filled in file to byobfair@gmail.com,come print it at W139 with your own USB stick or bring an a4 copy to scan.

(Sat.) 9th of September | W139

12:00 - 18:00

W139 hosts...

For the duration of the week byob is setting up a publishing station at W139. We publish everyone. You are invited to fill out-in-up the given template, which will be printed on demand and distributed in W139 over the span of the week. The publishing station also serves as a display system for the ongoing research on practices around self-publishing. All the printed work left behind will be bound into a publication on the 16th of September

Please send the filled in file to byobfair@gmail.com,come print it at W139 with your own USB stick or bring an a4 copy to scan.

(Sun.) 10th of September | W139

12:00 - 18:00

W139 hosts...

For the duration of the week byob is setting up a publishing station at W139. We publish everyone. You are invited to fill out-in-up the given template, which will be printed on demand and distributed in W139 over the span of the week. The publishing station also serves as a display system for the ongoing research on practices around self-publishing. All the printed work left behind will be bound into a publication on the 16th of September

Please send the filled in file to byobfair@gmail.com,come print it at W139 with your own USB stick or bring an a4 copy to scan.

(Wed.) 13th of September | W139

12:00 - 18:00

W139 hosts...

For the duration of the week byob is setting up a publishing station at W139. We publish everyone. You are invited to fill out-in-up the given template, which will be printed on demand and distributed in W139 over the span of the week. The publishing station also serves as a display system for the ongoing research on practices around self-publishing. All the printed work left behind will be bound into a publication on the 16th of September

Please send the filled in file to byobfair@gmail.com,come print it at W139 with your own USB stick or bring an a4 copy to scan.

(Thu.) 14th of September | W139

12:00 - 18:00

W139 hosts...

For the duration of the week byob is setting up a publishing station at W139. We publish everyone. You are invited to fill out-in-up the given template, which will be printed on demand and distributed in W139 over the span of the week. The publishing station also serves as a display system for the ongoing research on practices around self-publishing. All the printed work left behind will be bound into a publication on the 16th of September

Please send the filled in file to byobfair@gmail.com,come print it at W139 with your own USB stick or bring an a4 copy to scan.

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(Fri.) 15th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 16:00 - 22:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

16:00 - “Leaves to Be Seen” by Rush Print

“Leaves to Be Seen” is an ongoing workshop that invites visitors to use the given materials (Worksheets, papers, hole punchers) to create patterns, shapes, and symbols that throughout the month, will be pasted around the exhibition space. With K.Chen, Kasper Quaink, and Helena Hesselink.

18:00 - Opening talk!!!

Talk by byob members Susu Lee, Augustinas Milkus, Nelli Molfenter, Sophia Xu & Jordi de Vetten and ENTER ENTER hosts Hans Gremmen, Roger Willems, Ayumi Highuchi & John Simons

19:00 - Nemo Reading

Surprise text that will be performed by Nelli Molfenter. Based in Amsterdam and Berlin, Nelli Molfenter (Nemo) is a German artist and writer whose work explores themes of intimacy, introspection, and illness. Her work experiments with the healing qualities of storytelling.

(Sat.) 16th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 20:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

14:00 - 15:00 - Reading by Morgane Billuart & Klara Debeljak of They Love The Idea Of Me

'they love the idea of me' is a catalogue for world-building through objects and artefacts. It’s an invitation to bump into a range of objects such as clothing, decoration, furniture, and household devices that in sum constitute a material topography paradigmatic of our times. Alongside these tangibles, a handful of writers and artists have contributed thoughts and texts that add to the making and meaning of the work. Through sampling, archiving and collaging, our efforts wonder: What makes a good living? What is so tempting about the consumption of image and object? How do we curate our homes, and what symbols do we, knowingly or not, borrow when doing so?

Editorial by Morgane Billuart & Jonas Morgenthaler. Proofreading by Adriana Lasheras Mabanta. Supported by Kulturfonds – Swiss Federal Office of Culture BAK & Pro Helvetia / AiR Berlin Alexanderplatz (ABA). With contributions from Jonas Morgenthaler, Content y Contenido, Masha Ryabova, Mira Samonig, Carmen Lael Hines, Millie Rose Dobree, Klara Debeljak, Anna Rimmel, Enzo Aït Kaci & Morgane Billuart.

16:00 - 17:00 - Launch of Roots to Fruits Nº2 Champeta, 2023

In Roots to Fruits Nº2 Champeta, Edna Martinez tells the story of Champeta, an Afro-Colombian music genre based on African rhythms, from which local producers create new sonic, visual and spatial practices, as both an outcome and facilitator of cultures of resistance.

The picó soundsystem of the Colombian Caribbean cities of Cartagena, Barranquilla and Santa Marta have created parties for people of their working-class neighborhoods, in particular for the Afro-Colombian diaspora. The issue explores the musical migration from Africa to Colombia; how it made the Afro-Colombian’s diaspora aware of its origins and colonial past; and how Champeta has resisted marginalisation and continuous to break with hegemonic powers.

Roots to Fruits is a magazine about music; its migration and origins, and its role against oppression. Roots to Fruits uses sonic practices and material archives to highlight narratives that are underrepresented, and promotes anti-capitalist, and decolonial ways of knowledge production.

Edited by Mirelle van Tulder and Daniel Senior Durán.

18:00 - Presentation of Martryology (2022) by M Lissoni 

M will be presenting their research and publishing project Martryology (2022) through an experimental talk/lecture accompanied by a video installation.

Martyrology is a five-year long research project tracing parallels between Renaissance Catholic paintings of martyrdom and scenes from Western horror cinema, questioning iconography and body politics. From the performative rituals of tradition all the way to contemporary gender theory, queer narratives of desire and trans politics. Three chapters – Body / Politics / Eroticism – drawing from de-structured academic research exploring ritualistic violence as performance, the semiotics of female martyrdom and male bodies between pain and pleasure.

M Lissoni (b. Milan, Italy) is a London-based transdisciplinary artist-curator and independent publisher. Working across installation, experimental photography, objects and print, M applies material-based processes of “desedimentation” and “cultural disruption” to excavate, (de)construct, and activate questions around the meaning of trace – elevating ephemera – and, re-imagining the politics of the archive through bodily perception, ritual and mythology. 



Their work has been presented in London at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Barbican Centre, Flat Time House, Biblioteka and internationally at Lismore Castle Arts (Waterford, Ireland) and Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan, Italy). 

(Sun.) 17th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 18:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

(Fri.) 22th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 14:00 - 18:00

Unseen at ENTER ENTER

From the 22nd until the 24th bring your own book will curate a special photography book edition for the Unseen weekend in ENTER ENTER. We will highlight photography books and have readings and workshops by guests.

Events:

16:00 - Talk by Noah van de Wetering

Noah van de Wetering, Zwolle, the Netherlands, 1999, currently lives and works in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

In his work, Noah van de Wetering analyses the creative process in experimental approaches toward image-making and reading. His entry points are often photographic techniques, which have led him to question the use of communication. Abstraction is used as a tool to counter the figurative and communicative nature of photography. Besides all the image reading, there are words scattered around the bodies, words of critical reflection as well as nonsensical sentences. These introspective sentences are attempts to come closer and closer to the core of the creative process, a point of pure autonomy.

In addition to the physical work, there are the occasional publishing projects. These projects revolve around the act of merging images and texts into one document. These texts always try to counter the standard exhibition text and instead of informing, they should inspire us to reflect on rather than judge the things we see. These publishing projects are collaborations with graphic designer/artist Noa Wassink. As a duo, they have found their sweet spot when it comes to collaborating on experimental approaches to idea development as well as book design.

18:00 - Talk by Esmée Bruins

(Sat.) 23th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 18:00 - exhibition

Unseen at ENTER ENTER

From the 22nd until the 24th bring your own book will curate a special photography book edition for the Unseen weekend in ENTER ENTER. We will highlight photography books and have readings and workshops by guests.

Events:

14:00 - 15:00 - Talk by Peter Pflügler about “Now is not the right time”

"When I was two years old, my father went into the woods, with the intention of never coming back.” Peter Pflügler (AT) takes us on an intimate journey through the labyrinth of a family secret. The suicide attempt of his father was concealed for twenty years. And yet he has always somehow known. Carefully investigating the traces of this silent, dark story, he created images that live on the brink of comfort and irritation, between love and pain. Leafing through this slightly uncomfortable landscape, the viewer is invited to look further and discover texts and images hidden between the pages. Now is not the right time is about the impossibility of secrets, about what we share when we hide, and about intergenerational trauma. It is a work about pain inflicted out of love, the complexity of silence and the inexplicable sadness of a boy. "Mom… Dad… this is your trauma that you kept wrapped up in countless colourful blankets and yet handed over to me in a loving embrace. I will carry it with care."

16:00 - Talk by Suzanne Schols about “LOBBY”

LOBBY offers a window into the European climate lobby. In an attempt to enhance the visibility and transparency of the world of lobbying, the artist asked 122 interest groups for permission to take a photograph of the lobbies of their Brussels-based offices. The book combines image and text and invites the viewer to navigate a labyrinth of lobbies ranging from companies, consulting firms and trade associations to NGO’s, labour unions and religious groups. Who granted her access and who denied? LOBBY shows who seeks to influence policy-making in a time when climate change is permeating all domains of society.

Suzanne Schols (1985) is a Dutch conceptual documentary photographer. She holds a degree in European politics from the London School of Economics and later graduated from the photography department of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague after a career in the political field. Her artistic projects merge these experiences and deal with themes of power, influence, bureaucracy and transparency. Working with image and text, she looks into power structures by revealing the behind the scenes of worlds not generally known.

(Sun.) 24th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 18:00 - exhibition

Unseen at ENTER ENTER

From the 22nd until the 24th bring your own book will curate a special photography book edition for the Unseen weekend in ENTER ENTER. We will highlight photography books and have readings and workshops by guests.

Events:

12:00 - 13:00 - Book presentation by Anna Bulgarelli

13:15 - 17:00 - Workshop by Eclect Lab

ECLECT Lab was founded in 2017 as a Vienna-based artist collective. Since then it has evolved into a multidisciplinary studio which aims to creatively engage with society.

ECLECT Lab consists of Sami Ciftci,Vincent Forstenlechner, Ira Grünberger, Ronja-Elina Kappl and Miles Schleifer.

ECLECT Lab is currently based in Vienna, Berlin and Amsterdam.

(Thu.) 28th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 16:00 - 21:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

17:00 - 22:00 - launch of WARP (Special Issue of WARP x Soapbox Journal)

Special Issue WARP x Soapbox Journal results from the Walking as a Research Practice Conference 2022 Proceedings. It is part of the follow-up strategy devised regarding the outcomes of the WARP Conference. This event occurred at the Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam, in September 2022, supported by the CUS, ASCA and NICA, University of Amsterdam. The form, design and production of the book were developed in close collaboration between the designer, the editor and the binder, aiming for a suggestion of the book to be read while walking. Each design and editing decision followed this idea, resulting in a specific form of reading and holding. The launch of this book will be a walking and reading session. Starting with a short presentation and reading, the authors will invite the audience to join them in a walk following the book’s premise as a prompt.

Walking as Research Practice (WARP) is a research group within the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam, that, since 2021, has explored walking practices in various disciplines and across discipline boundaries.

A Radical Open Access Collective member, Soapbox is an independent, open-access publishing platform. It aims to elevate different voices and promote fresh perspectives on the cultural objects, phenomena, and concepts shaping our world and experiences.

(Fri.) 29th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 16:30 - 19:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

(Sat.) 30th of September | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 18:00 - exhibition

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

13:00 - end - “Chop Chop” by Rush Print

In this workshop Rush Print will be introducing their book “Rush Print 003: Chop-Chop Workshop” and the different workshops they led in the 530 Type Club, a student-led typography club at Artez. These include, “Small Smaller Teeny Tiny Letters”, “Letter, form Words”, “Chance of Clouds”, and “Block Block”.

15:15 - Reading by Sanne Kabalt of “The Cough”

The Cough is a combination of words and images. The words follow the trajectory of a cough from deep within the body out into the world. The images are abstracted versions of droplets emitted by coughs, photographed in laboratories. The booklet was self-published by artist Sanne Kabalt and designed by Corine van der Wal, with a riso-printed interior and a cover featuring foldout prints with white ink on black paper. Sanne Kabalt (Amsterdam, 1989) is a Dutch artist who works with the medium of photography, often accompanied by writing.

16:15 - Talk by Mischa Appel from HousePublishing

HousePublishing is established to publish fun, special and valuable projects with and for people that are looking for integrity and craftsmanship. The projects that are published are always eccentric and urgent by nature, with a focus on physical quality and attributes.

(Thu.) 5th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 14:00 - 18:00 - exhibition

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

(Fri.) 6th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 14:00 - 20:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

15:00 - Workshop by Type_Typed

18:00 - Book launch of “to a well another,” by Jordi de Vetten & Susu Lee

With readings and a talk by Jordi de Vetten & Susu Lee

(Sat.) 7th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open From: 12:00 - 20:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

13:00 - “Tender is the archive” workshop by Parel Joy from DykeHouse Press

What if poems are everywhere around us? What if all we have to do is pick up a pair of scissors and get to work? What if every archive can be queered, and what if every queer archive can come into conversation with the present? Come collage a (lack of) narrative out of found archival materials during DykeHouse Press’s Tender is the Archive: collage poetry workshop.

14:00 - 19:00 - Program (to be announced) by Interlude

Interlude is an ever-changing formation of people gathering regularly to collectively un—learn and un—mute through listening and sounding practices. The first edition was initiated by Uma Naddermier, Elsa Baslé and Alva Bücking from the Graphic Design Department at the Rietveld Academie in 2023. The listening sessions took place within the school —open for students, teachers and staff, in the form of readings, screenings, live soundscapes, installations, performances, meditations and other sonic formats.

(Thu.) 12th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 14:00 - 18:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

15:00 - 18:00 - “The public archive” by Soyeon Kim

In this workshop Soyeon Kim will collaborate with the public fair visitors to make a publication with each participant. Visitors are welcome to look through a book archive and choose images and after filling out a form they will receive a personalised publication.

Duration: 1 hour, cost: 5 to 15 € (price varies on page count). Publications can be picked up at the end of the fair on 15th of October, participants will be asked to pay beforehand, and If someone cannot pick up the publication they will be sent via post.

(Fri.) 13th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 14:00 - 20:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

17:00 - 20:00 Program (to be announced) by Outline platform

OUTLINE is a publishing platform and floating collective that aims to create interventions within intermediate spaces, and accelerate an exchange by connecting ideas, artefacts, individuals and localities. The project is currently run by Tjobo Kho, Jan-Pieter ‘t Hart and Wouter Stroet.

(Sat.) 14th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 18:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Events:

14:00 - Talk by Jesse Presse

“Jesse Presse” is an agency and distributor that represents independent art book publishers within the Netherlands and Belgium. Our mission is to bundle publishers of contemporary art, design, culture, photography, urban affairs, philosophy and more, and to make their works more accessible and readily available to bookshops, museums, projects spaces and concept stores. With a personal approach that stems from a love for printed matter and over 15 years of experience in the fields of fine art and books, Jesse Presse aims to create an environment that promotes possibilities for collaboration.

15:00 - Workshop by Foggy Impressions collective Martina Vanini, Sigríður Hannesdóttir & Melanie Cot

Foggy Impressions makes inks from natural ingredients and has been growing plants in ENTER ENTER for the duration of the bring your own book exhibition. For the ending weekend of the exhibition they are going to make ink of these plants and print!

(Sat.) 14th of October | ENTER ENTER

Open from: 12:00 - 18:00

From the 15th of September until the 15th of October, bring your own book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.

Last day at ENTER ENTER