Wysing Arts Centre

X Marks the Bökship is setting up shop at Wysing Arts Centre for a five week exhibition that includes specially commissioned artist-made display structures by Adam Burton, Sophie Demay, Rory Macbeth, Beatriz Olabarrieta and Keef Winter, a bookshop, publishing space and series of events on the themes of distribution, production, reading, writing and performance. For the duration of the exhibition Rebecca Jagoe will be the Bökship’s writer in residence at Wysing.

X Marks the Bökship is a bookshop and project space for independent publishers in London. It specialises in small press publications by artists and designers. It promotes contemporary publishing activity through book launches, events and production resources that bring together individual practitioners to create a local publishing community.

Website

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/exhibitions/x_marks_the_boekship

Screening of Adam Chodzko’s Plan for a Spell (2001)* followed by an in-conversation with the artist and Rob Young, author of Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music

This event is part of the X-Operative exhibition events programme. The exhibition is open 17 November-20 December.

*Adam Chodzko’s Plan for a Spell was commissioned as a Film and Video Umbrella Touring Exhibition in association with Mappin Art Gallery. Supported by Arts Council England. This event is part of Film and Video Umbrella's 25 Frames.

Admission

Free of Charge

Website

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/exhibitions/x_marks_the_boekship

Launch of new publications and journals with talks and readings from The Wandererby Franz Kafka by Rory Macbeth, PERFORMA and The Fox.

This event is part of the X-Operative exhibition events programme. The exhibition is open 17 November-20 December.

Admission

Free of charge

Website

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/exhibitions/x_marks_the_boekship