Carbon Copy Commodity
Exhibition

In which I worked as curator and artist.
Board: Acrylic on Wood.
350 x 270 cm


An exhibition of artists books in which I worked as mural artist and curator, along with South African gallery Bell-Roberts.
Participating publishers: Seems Books, Hassla, Nieves, Bongoût,Farewell Books, Used Future and Soyfriends. Local artists included Jonah Sack.










Idea behind the exhibition:

Carbon Copy Commodity stands for two things. Initial methods of reproduction made use of Carbon Copies to multiply publications. They were not
highly effective and were (and still are) sort of fragile and impermanent. Some artists used this as a vehicle to publish their own work.
These pamphlets were also used as an effective way of passing on political messages. Later on, fanzines were born as a step up from these pamphlets.

Later on, fanzines carried on the function of the initial pamphlets, jumping the traditional publishing hierarchy, and serving as a medium for artists
to more freely expres themselves. With the improvement of printing techniques, publications improved. There can be now little difference between a
professionally produced zine and a home production. Fanzines and artist books have evolved into commodities.




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