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Conclusion
This is the concluding post of my blog discussing my trip to Amsterdam to research artist run bookstores supported by my a-n International Travel Bursary. Thank you for reading my blog! It’s been three months since my adventures in Amsterdam where […]
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Conclusion
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Paper Sundries, Dieter Roth, Red Cabbage Salad, Depodog.nl,
Here, I want to acknowledge the paper and packaging based things collected in Amsterdam that will make up a book, page-work or fancy ‘something or other’ in the coming weeks. I identify a process of collecting, archiving and arranging as […]
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Other Books & So
One of the tasks in my itinerary was to find out about Other Books and So, an artist run bookshop in Amsterdam organised and hosted by Ulises Carrión that ran from 1975-1978. I’ve undertaken some desktop research to establish how […]
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Stedelijk Library Visit
Dead Ends This blog post is about coming to a perceived ‘dead end’ in the research and then finding out that it’s not a dead end at all, its working out what happens next and making plans on how to […]
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Bloemen-boek
Noticing lots of weeny gardens in Amsterdam. Little patches of soil tucked into oblong brick recesses on the pavement alongside apartments. I’m interested that things grow here in such tiny spaces. Grot Gardens Tall Yellow Rose Trees And this is […]
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Things learned from Ott!
Ott Metusala is a graphic designer who moved to Amsterdam from Estonia to study Graphic Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Acadamie where he met Pieter Verbeke and Elisabeth Klement. Pieter is a librarian and Elisabeth is a graphic designer. Together, […]
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San Serriffe
San Serriffe is an art bookshop and gallery situated in a narrow cobbled street in the red light district in the old town of Amsterdam. It’s a shop unit and the interior fit is minimal giving it an industrial feel […]
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Day 2. Boekie Woekie, a Cat, Trashtown Magazine
Kind Jan has set me up with a little trestle table, a wooden dining chair and a strong cup of coffee to work at in Boekie Woekie today. I’m picking out book-works to sit with and think about in the […]