Publications, editions and projects
Artists & Books exhibition
Johan Deumens Gallery (Haarlem), April 23 – June 5 2010.
artists: Takako Hamano / Anouk Kruithof / Caroline Waltmans / Ton Zwerver / Christiane Fichtner /
Kasper Andreasen / Annesas Appel / Frans Baake / Information as Material / Martin Peulen / Piet Vloemans / herman de vries / Hans Waanders / Alicja Werbachowska / Luuk Wilmering
Donkere Spaarne, 32zw NL-2011, JH Haarlem
Phone: +31 (0) 622 451545
night divides the day
Simon Morris
night divides the day, in ‘The Black Page’ exhibition from Simon Morris on Vimeo.
iam at the inaugural London Art Book Fair
Whitechapel Gallery, London, 25-27 September, 2009
information as material accepted the kind invitation of the organising team to take part in the inaugural London Art Book Fair, hosted by the Whitechapel Gallery in association with Marcus Campbell Books. Details about the annual event can be found here.
iam at the inaugural KW Institute Book Fair
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 04-06 September, 2009
information as material accepted the kind invitation of the organising team to take part in the inaugural KW Institute Art Book Fair, playfully entitle Miss Read, and hosted by the KW Institute in association with Argo Books and Michalis Pichler. Details about the annual event can be found here.
iam publisher’s talk whilst teaching at Mildred’s Lane, Pennsylvania, USA.
In the summer 2009, Simon Morris was invited by Mark Dion, Morgan Puett and Robert Williams to teach at the experimental art school Mildred’s Lane in rural Pennsylvania, USA. Morris was brought in to contribute to Williams’ onsite building project entitled, Opus Magnum: Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum & The Philosophick Childe (The Great Work: The Chemical Theatre of Britain) The Alchemist’s Shack. Simon completed a live performace with New York poet Rob Fitterman and gave an extensive talk on iam’s publications. (Click on the link above to find out more about the Mildred’s Lane initiative.)
Craig Dworkin, poet-in-residence at Shandy Hall
Shandy Hall, Coxwold, February 2009
information as material and the Laurence Sterne Trust were proud to welcome the poet, critic and theoretician Craig Dworkin as poet-in-residence at Shandy Hall in 20xx. The Utah-based writer stayed on site at the Hall, which is the former residence of the famed 18th century English writer Laurence Sterne and now functions as a museum dedicated to exploring the legacy of his work in the arts generally and in the context of the artefacts of his estate. The residency served as a research period toward Dowrkin’s new book, A Perverse Library, published by iam in September 2010, and the related exhibitionary installation, to be presented at Shandy Hall from September to October 2010.
Postings on other residencies at Shandy Hall co-organised by iam can be found in the archive of this blog.
The Voice and Nothing More: an academic mash up
A collaborative performance by Simon Morris & Rob Lavers
Wednesday 14 January 2009, 12pm.
‘The Voice and Nothing More’, Woburn Research Centre, The Slade School of Art, University College London, January 12 – 16, 2009.
Festival organised by Sam Belinfante and Neil Luck.
From a subsequent review by David Berridge:
“At the Slade School of Art on Wednesday lunchtime, Simon Morris – writer, performer and publisher of information as material – was launching ‘The Voice and Nothing More’, a short festival of workshops, an exhibition, and performances exploring the voice in contemporary art. Befitting his role as scene setter, Morris read a text that seemed to outline different properties of the voice. I heard sections on laughing, crying, and female orgasm.
iam publisher’s talk at the offices of Fillip magazine, Vancouver
Fillip 305 Cambie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2N4, Canada.
2nd November, 2pm.
information as material accepted the kind invitation of the Fillip magazine editorial team to give a publisher’s talk on iam’s books whilst Nick was in town for a show. Click on the link above for further info about the Fillip project.
A Perverse Library mixed-media performance
‘Writing Encounters’, York St. John University, 11-14 September, 2008.
iam with student interns, Josh Cole & Sarah Illing.
Commissioned for a three day conference / symposium at York St. John University, entitled ‘Writing Encounters’, A Perverse Library temporarily co-opted one of the university’s dance studios, which was adjacent to the main conference rooms. Over the course of the conference Simon, Nick, Sarah and Josh turned it into a site for a cumulative and collaborative reading of three book collections: the personal collections of Simon and Nick and the host institute’s library.
Visions – part 1 – information as material
Johan Deumens Gallery (Haarlem), April 11 – May 16 2008.
iam proudly accepted the invitation of Belgian gallerist and book dealer Johan Deumens to be the subject of the inaugural exhibition at his new gallery in Haarlem, in Spring 2008. The show was curated to present iam’s output in the context of other, object-based works that were also elements of the broader projects undertaken by each of our artist / authors – projects that iam is otherwise only able to represent via our publications and editions. Noises, writing machines, prints and source texts were all brought together to present the dynamic modes of appropriation that our artists engage in, and to suggest some of the lines of coherence to iam’s editorial trajectory.
A One Day Bookshop for Experimental Literature
A fundraising event for Shandy Hall, curated by information as material
Saturday 27 October 2007, 10am-5pm.
The gallery of The Laurence Sterne Museum at Shandy Hall, Coxwold, was transformed into a bookshop and reading space by information as material for one day. In conjunction, a cycle of public readings by Kenneth Goldsmith, Alan Halsey, Ira Lightman, Hester Reeve, and Nick Thurston took place in the rooms of Laurence Sterne’s former residence; plus, the second premiere screening of the film sucking on words was held at Coxwold village hall.
Kenneth Goldsmith, poet-in-residence at Shandy Hall
Shandy Hall, Coxwold, October 2007.
information as material and the Laurence Sterne Trust were proud to welcome the poet Kenneth Goldsmith as poet-in-residence at Shandy Hall in 2007. The New York based conceptual writer stayed on site at the Hall, which is the former residence of the famed 18th-century English writer Laurence Sterne and now functions as a museum dedicated to exploring the legacy of his work in the arts generally and in the context of the artefacts of his estate. During Golsmith’s stay iam organised talks and presentations at ArtSpace Gallery, York University, and the British Library.
Postings on other residencies at Shandy Hall co-organised by iam can be found in the archive of this blog.