The Garden – Moniker Press

The Garden pt 2: at Toronto Art Book Fair Recap

Jul 162018

07.16.18

Pictures of the various iterations of the modular reading room—The Garden pt 2*— that I created with Vancouver Art Book Fair for the Toronto Art Book Fair this past weekend.

Yes, I sewed about 40 weird shapey pillows and yes, it would not have been possible without the magical Lisa Curry, Sarah Davidson, Vide Press, Daniel Jefferies and the TOABF team. ✨ Sad I couldn’t be there but it was still wonderful to do a collab from afar!

The Garden Part 2: Reading Room: soft objects reconstructed from salvaged materials hosted a collection of Vancouver based artists books, multi-media, zines and publications curated by VABF. The books covered a range of topics relating to Vancouver’s Chinatown, politics, urban decay, landscape and gentrification. Attendees of the fair were invited to: Sit. Read. Stay awhile.

Stay tuned for it’s next installation in Vancouver at the Unibrow Comedy Festival in August!

RISO / COLLAGE WORKSHOP

Coinciding with the installation was a collaborative workshop organized by VABF with Quentin of Vide Press (and surprise guest, Jp from Paper Pusher!) Participants collaged photographs from Vancouver submissions into risograph layers. See the results below (photos by Lisa Curry and TOABF).

Vancouver Participants: Lisa Curry, Megan Low, Erica Wilk, Brandon Stephenson, Faye Cottrill, Jaclyn Arndt, Liam Callander, Alistair Henning, Vinny Gib, Emma Walter. Photos of Vancouver from 2013 to 2018.

Toronto Workshop/Collage Participants: Eloisa Guerrero, Mirae Lee, Mark Laurin, Daphne Chan, Michelle Vu, Bethany Moy, John Yeon, Hannah Park, Soojin Kim, Stefana Zdrincu, Loretta Mui, Eloisa Guerrero, Jan Ly, Roman Tran, Manar Moursi.

MAKING OF + INSPIRATION

Materials: felt, various fabrics, thread, glue, recycled carpet foam, craiglist foam, faux grass, bird deterrents, velcro and paper.

Inspiration: shapes from destroyed gardens, active gardens (such as Dr. Sun Yat-Sen), parks, back alleys, sidewalk gardens, and attic mountain views.

READING ROOM

Curated from the L&A collection of VABF

Including a new digital publication by VABF, interviewing Paul Wong about his practice and current project, Occupying Chinatown. Video was looped and displayed on a small screen to coincide with the installation.

*note: the first iteration of The Garden was made in 2015 in collaboration with artist, Brandon Cotter.

The Garden pt 2: Moniker Press at TOABF with VABF and Vide Press

Jul 052018

07.05.18

The Garden pt 2: Moniker Press at TOABF with VABF and Vide Press

Vancouver Art Book Fair and Moniker Press Present: The Garden Pt 2: a Reading Room and Collaborative Riso Workshop with Vide Press at the Toronto Art Book Fair

The Garden pt 2. is a modular reading room installation by Moniker Press. This iteration* will take place on the stage at the Toronto Art Book Fair from July 5 – 8 in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Book Fair and Vide Press.

READING ROOM: soft objects reconstructed from salvaged materials will host a collection of Vancouver based artists books, multi-media, zines and publications curate by VABF. Attendees of the fair are invited to: Sit. Read. Stay awhile.

VANCOUVER: Call for submissions deadline: June 28

WORKSHOP: **BOOKED** On Saturday July 7, 6-9pm join Quentin Mitchell of Vide Press for an interactive risograph poster making workshop as a way to connect the west coast with the east. Limited space available and currently the workshop is at full capacity, public are still welcome to observe. Workshop features an intro to risograph printing, as well as collage making techniques for analog printing. Photographic collage material will be submitted from Vancouver residents and collaged by Toronto participants to create the final poster publication. All participants will be given a copy of the final printed poster. No previous knowledge of riso or college is necessary.

Fair times and programming: TORONTOARTBOOKFAIR.COM
Visit VIDEPRESS.CA and VANCOUVERARTBOOKFAIR.COM for more info.

*the first iteration of The Garden was made in 2015 in collaboration with artist, Brandon Cotter.

The Garden: Reading Room by Brandon Cotter and Moniker Press

Sep 282015

09.28.15

Had the pleasure of working with my friend Brandon Cotter on curating and designing this reading room that was installed at the Project Space Fundraiser Event on September 28th and will also be installed at Project Space’s Vancouver Art/Book Fair 2015 (Vancouver Art Gallery Annex, 750 Hornby Street – located in the second floor stairwell)

The Garden is a modular reading room installation by Moniker Press, in collaboration with artist Brandon Cotter. Objects reconstructed from salvaged materials host a collection of local artists’ books, zines and publications that open to topics of contemporary thought, art criticism, boundaries and restrictions, as well as other unusual and unique subject matters.

Sit. Read. Stay awhile.

The Garden Reading Room

Featured Titles:

Em Space — Zebulon Zang

Issues 32 to 40 — Bartelby Review

ARClog 2.1: Women In And Out of Focus — Stephane Bernard

Fragments of Bismuth — Alex Bovril

Cuts of Thin Meat — Steffanie Ling

guide to/making of — Moniker Press

Chapter Two / Vancouver — Pecan Mag

dress code in effect — Access Gallery

I’d Hurt A Fly (Kara Hansen) — Clean Indoor Air Act (Steffanie Ling) — LIT LIT LIT LIT

`Learn to live with the one you love`and the other side is `What I learned from living with the ones I love` — Nicole Schlosser

“CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IN SPIRITUALITY – how deepening our understandings of settler-colonialism, race and privilege and help us reland our practices with humility, accountability and reciprocity.” — Aja Rose Bond

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Brandon Cotter is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Vancouver. He graduated from Emily Carr University in 2010 and co-runs the commercial art gallery FIELD Contemporary.