26—28.04.2024
Druk in Leuven at Off the Grid
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In the context of the word and book festival Druk in Leuven, Off the Grid (Cas-co’s residency and presentation platform) engage with the relevance of these media within contemporary art through a three-day programme of exhibitions, talks, performances, and readings, devoted to publishing as artistic practice. Curator-in-residence Alicja Melzacka develops the programme Back-to-back, offering perspectives on artists’ writing and publishing, whilst the exhibitions by collective-in-residence Bebe Books and artist-in-residence Oya are on view in the adjacent spaces of Off the Grid. This project came about as part of Druk In Leuven, a word and image festival at various locations in the city.
Timetable:
26.04.24
18:00 – 22:00 — Opening of ‘Press Play’ by Bebe Books and ‘To Borrow’ by Oya
18:00 – 20:00 — Culture Club Radio 1 Live with Bent Van Looy
27.04.24
13:00 – 18:00 — Back-to-back: perspectives on artists’ writing and publishing curated by Alicja Melzacka
13:00 – 18:00 — activation ‘Press Play’ by Bebe Books
13:00 – 18:00 — exhibition ‘To Borrow’ by Oya
14:00 – 15:00 — Book Room with Rinus Van de Velde
28.04.24
13:00 – 18:00 — Back-to-back: perspectives on artists’ writing and publishing
16:00 – 17:00 — Artist talk by Bebe Books (Let’s Talk Leuven)
13:00 – 18:00 — activation ‘Press Play’ by Bebe Books
13:00 – 18:00 — exhibition ‘To Borrow’ by Oya
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Photo credits:
1. Oya, Works, book, 2023
2. Bebe Books, Riso Workshop at Prisma Queer Arts Festival in 2022. Picture by Cato Crevits
3. Reinier Vrancken, toe of Men, NEDERLANDS GEBARENBOEKJE interleaved with 70 Japanese Gestures, 2022 – participant in back-to-back programme curated by Alicja Melzacka
4. Bebe Books, Toilet Zine Launch at Viernulvier Arts Center in 2023. Picture by Louie Papa