ZONE 6 presents: PREPRESS

curated with Johnny McMullan

[Permanent/Temporary, The Bottle Factory, London Design Festival, 23 - 25 September 2022]



[photo credit: Chris Mann]
Presented as part of Permanent/Temporary during London Design Festival, this exhibition explores photobook making as practice, deconstructing and displaying the process of book-making, through printing, sequencing and binding.

Across four rooms in The Bottle Factory, artists, publishers and bookmakers open up their processes to public view, treating the exhibition as a work-in-progress moment, one of the many stages on the journey towards a finished book. Working across darkroom and cyanotype printing, dummy book sequencing, collage making, zine deconstruction, as well as in-situ printing and binding, the show presents diverse perspectives from London’s vibrant book and zine-making community.

As much a question as a statement, the exhibition invites viewers to engage with the materiality the book as a core feature of each project, and each artist’s own process.

ARTIST LIST
Izzy Leach / @izzylleach
Folium / @folium_publishing
Chris Mann / @chrismannfoto
Nina Maria / @ninamariallmoslechner
Sam Gallagher / @samgallagherphoto
Photobookcafe / Matt Martin / @luckygoldteeth / @photobookcafe
Token Books / @tokenbooks
Etienne Audrey Bruce / @etienne_bruce
Charlie Usher / @charliepatrick_

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Permanent/Temporary is convened and facilitated by Livesey Exchange x Pempeople x SUMweekly x 948 x Fabrix