<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class=""><a href="https://printroom.wordpress.com/" class="">https://printroom.wordpress.com/</a></p><p class="">Join us on Saturday 16 October for two presentations of art
publications dealing with the Covid-19 crisis. With the shock of the
lockdowns slowly fading into the background it may seem we are getting
‘back to normal’, yet many of us still feel the after effects of the
crisis on a daily basis, especially in the cultural sector. Covid19
affected each of us in different ways. While many suffered from lack of
income and isolation, some benefited from an increase of time and a lack
of distractions.</p><p class="">📒Printroom invited artist Sophia Tabatadze to present her colouring
book with a workshop for kids and grownups in the first part of the
afternoon and a talk at 16.00. 🎨</p><p class="">📗From 16.30 till 18.00 we have the official Dutch book launch for
Pandemic Exchange – how artists experience the Covid-19 crisis. Art
writer and editor Josephine Bosma talks about how the book was
conceived, while artists Daniela de Paulis and Michelle Teran will tell
us more about their contributions.</p><p class="">🍵🍹Printroom provides food and drinks 🍻🥧</p><p class="">Practical info:</p><p class=""><strong class="">Date: 16 October 2021 from 16.00 – 18.00</strong></p><p class=""><strong class="">Location: Leeszaal West, Rijnhoutplein 3, Rotterdam<br class="">
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<div class="entry-content"><p class=""><strong class="">16.00 – book presentation Soul Kitchen, a colouring book by Sophia Tabatadze</strong></p><p class="">The drawings that are collected in this book were made during the
pandemic. The artist cataloged her home observations during the
lockdown. Strange things appeared in her home where she lives with her
six year old: toy lizards were taped on the slide in the living room,
iron met drawing materials on the kitchen table.. Instead of tidying up
Sophia treasured these combinations and captured them on A4 paper.
Rather then going to her studio she brought her studio home.</p><p class="">The coloring book Soul Kitchen is placed in a multi-functional
corrugated cardboard folder which can also be turned into an easel and a
wall pocket. Sophia made it in collaboration with Mukao, a Georgian
company specializing in innovative products from corrugated cardboard</p><p class=""><strong class="">16.30 – 18.00 – Pandemic Exchange, How Artists Experience the COVID-19 Crisis</strong></p><p class="">News reports on the Covid-19 pandemic seldom include how the virus
and the societal lockdowns affect artists. A lively circuit of cultural
events, meetings, and exhibitions had come to an almost complete stop,
leaving artists often not just with a significant drop in income but
also bereft of their vital and supporting social communities. Art writer
and curator Josephine Bosma, feeling quite cut off herself after a year
of lockdowns and too much screen time, saw both desperate and relieved
outcries from artists popping up through the glossy algorithmic veneer
on social media. She decided to reach out to some of the more outspoken
voices. From this an interview project was born, which grew into this
collection of heartfelt stories and brief reports from artists trying to
survive the pandemic and sometimes finding unexpected ways to do so.</p><p class="">Contributors: Annie Abrahams, Lucas Bambozzi, Dennis de Bel,
!Mediengruppe Bitnik, S()fia Braga, Arcangelo Constantini, Tiny
Domingos, John Duncan, Nancy Mauro Flude, Ben Grosser, Adham Hafez,
Sachiko Hayashi, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Garnet Hertz, Jennifer Kanary,
Brian Mackern, Miltos Manetas, Lorna Mills, Daniela de Paulis, Tina La
Porta, Archana Prasad, Melinda Rackham, Michelle Teran, Mare Tralla,
Igor Vamos, Ivar Veermäe.</p><p class="">This book is part of the Theory on Demand Series of The Institute of
Network Cultures. A limited amount of printed copies of the publication
will be available during the launch. You can download the epub and pdf
versions of the book <a href="https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/pandemic-exchange-how-artists-experience-the-covid-19-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="">here</a>.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>