Catalog; Lieven Lahaye @ Tenderbooks (a rec)
it's on Tuesday evening
Dear friends and BOOKS Recommendation fans,
Please don’t worry, I am not turning this list into a generic mailing list, I promise to you this is a one-off message, a final email, w/ no-need to unsubscribe.
I would just like to extend to you all an invitation, should you be in London this coming Tuesday November 14th from 6-8pm, to this event happening at Tenderbooks that I have organised with the Post-Publishing research strand at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University.
All the info is below, but it will be a nice low-key evening to hear Lieven talk about the Catalog publication and project, his practice, and see some editions IRL. There’ll be a chance for discussion, and it will 100% be of use to anyone with an interest in experimental publishing, design, literary and artistic practices. Lieven is super nice, Catalog rules and there will be free beer. Hopefully see some of you there
Peter x
Catalog; a talk by Lieven Lahaye
Tuesday 14th November from 6-8pm
at Tenderbooks, 6 Cecil Court, WC2N 4HE
Catalog is a serial publication about cataloging, written by Lieven Lahaye and designed by Ott Metusala since 2016. Catalog is published intermittently, rather than continuously and has no fixed format. They’ve taken the form of postcards, exhibition handouts, paper airplanes, paper hats, newspapers, bumper stickers… Recent issues of Catalog include; ‘Beard. Man. Jug. Rubble. Woman. Vessel’ (issue 22) about the Bartmannskrug’s history and the Trümmerfrau (rubble women) legend, ‘Impressed’ (issue 21) about exposure to wear and ‘Hard Sun’ (issue 20) about exposure to light.
Lieven Lahaye (1985, Belgium) is an artist and publisher, interested in the value of ephemeral information and amateur practices. He produces printed matter, texts, objects and performances with the aim of cataloging, reactivating, highlighting and sharing information. He teaches at the Master of Arts in Graphic Design at Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn and has edited two books of student's writing: 'Going Somewhere' (2021) and 'All horses have the same color' (2022). He’s currently an artist-in-residence at WIELS, Brussels.
Please be advised that photography will be taking place during this event.