Artist Takeover #1 – Rose Nordin | Limestone Deposits(from the Archipelago)
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17.03-31.03.2023
Rose Nordin & Limestone Books
Friday 17th March: Opening Night, 7:00-9:30 pm
Sunday 19th March: Meet: SVARA - Limestone Books in conversation with Nazir Harith, 2:30 pm
Tuesday 21st March: Artist takeover drop-in day, 12:00-6:00 pm
Tuesday 28th March: Artist takeover drop-in day, 12:00-6:00 pm
Tuesday 28th March: Meet Annie Jael Kwan (alikati) from Asia Art Activism and co-editor Joanna Wolfarth, 3:00-4:00 pm
Friday 31st March: Limestone film deposits, 5-7:30 pm
Artist Takeover #1
Limestone Deposits (from the Archipelago)
with Rose Nordin @amokamok (current participant at @janvaneyckacademie)
Fri 17th — Fri 31st March 2023
“Artist Takeover” is a series of projects that invites artists to take over the bookstore for two weeks. Artists are granted the freedom to curate the space and the book collection in any way they see fit to emphasise particular topics or issues.
From this weekend, we will host our first edition of Takeover, focused on South East Asian publishing practices. 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 makesa connection to the historic use of limestone in lithographic printing, specifically in South East Asia. Deposits from caves and quarries across the region supported the more central point of Singapore in the printing of publications, then distributed back across the neighbouring archipelagos. It is this significant connection to our local limestone that we considerin the region and its print and publishing culture.
The event will feature themed gatherings, sound and visual installations, artist presentations, and film screenings, featuring the publications of SVARA, Odd One Out, Temporary Press, Further Reading, Asia-Art-Activism, and Projek Rabak
To launch our programme, we invite you to our opening night on
Friday 17th March 7:00-9:30 pm
A gathering at Limestone Books to launch the programme and our new window and sound installation. Malay and Indonesian drinks and snacks with artist and collaborator, Archipelago, inspired temporary Jagua tattoo art with Indonesian artist @iiinkedskiiin