2018 – Bon Art Book Fair
6 – 7 September – Keresht, Tehran
The importance of artistic and self-published material in today’s art world and the lack of an open and inclusive platform to distribute and exhibit such products in Iran were our main motivations to run Bon Art Book Fair.
At its first edition, the event provides a professional framework for a dynamic dialogue about art books.
The fair aims to expand the network between local and international nonprofits, artist-run, and independent publishers while reaching a wider audience by hosting workshops, talks, and presentations. Bon Art Book Fair welcomes artists, independent publishers, art institutions, curators, and other enthusiasts to join us on the 6th – 7th of September 2018, at Bon-gah’s multifaceted space in Keresht, located in the northeastern suburb of Tehran.
Programs
Thursday
Artist talk:
Bahman Kiarostami (16-17)
Will talk about his two recent books “Golshahr” and “Photo Riahi”
What is a book used to be like for Iranians?
Talk: Bavand Behpour (17-18)
Did “book” for Iranians meant and functioned in the same way as it did for other cultures in other places in the world? How Iranians used to read and understand books? In this talk by Bavand Behpour we will go through these questions together.
Artist talk:
Ronak Moshtaghi (18-18:30)
Ronak will talk about her recent art project ”Late poem surrounded by friends” and its relation to self-published books in 1978-9 in Iran.
Artist talk:
Ingo Giezendanner (18:30-19)
Ingo will talk about his habit of exploring urban space with pen on paper – a daily drawing practice. How he becomes one with his surroundings and how this experience transforms into matters of self-publishing.
Friday
Book on a hook
A roundtable with Sevim Sancaktar and Selim Süme (RECCOLLECTIVE) (11-12)
Drawing on examples of self-publish artist books from Turkey, this event opens up discussions around the formation of “cooperative” books.
How to make a book, loving it, and make others love it too
A workshop with Shabahang Tayyari
(12-13:30)
Presentations:
(16-18)
Foad Farahani
Hedieh Ahmadi
Kaarnamaa
New Media Society
Lena Späth
Tabels
Amin Akbari
Bandrolsüz (Turkey)
Bidgol Publications
Bon-Gah
Contemporary Art Publications
Delgosha Gallery
GAPS + Belinda Martin
GRRRR (Switzerland)
Kaarnamaa
Lena Späth (Germany)
Milad Mousavi
Mohamad Zarei
Newsha Tavakolian (Magnum Photos)
New Media Society
Oneell
Reza Babajani
Reyhan Lal + Hamideh Bagherpour
Saman Khosravi
Sina Choopani
Studio Tehran
Contributors
abC art book fair (China)
Archive Books (Germany)
Baktash Sarang Javanbakht (Iran/ France)
Bavand Behpour (Iran)
Behzad Motebaheri (Iran)
Bita Fayyazi (Iran)
Broken Dimanche Press (Germany)
Braço de Ferro – Arte & Design (Portugal)
Buraco (Portugal)
Ctrl+ Z Publishing (Norway)
Draw Down Books (USA)
Endless Editions (USA)
Foad Farahani (Iran)
Fully Booked art book fair (UAE/ USA)
Hauser & Wirth Publishers (USA)
HFK Bremen (Germany)
Horaldand Art Center(Norway)
Homa Delvaray (Iran)
Ink Cap Press (USA)
Intäkten (Sweden/ Denmark)
Libri Finti Clandestini (Italy)
Lost Alphabet (USA)
Mahsa Hoseininejad (Iran/ Germany)
Maria Ines Plaza Lazo (Ecuador/ Germany)
Martina Zaninelli (Italy)
Mirene Arsanois/ 98 Weeks (Lebanon)
Monroe Books (Germany)
Montez Press (USA)
Nieves (Switzerland)
Oficina ARARA (Portugal)
Olaf Probst (Germany)
Onomatopee (The Netherlands)
Open Projects & Press (USA)
Pages Magazine (The Netherlands)
Pork Salad Press (Denmark)
Rambod Vala (Iran)
Ramtin Zad (Iran)
Reza Aramesh (Iran/ UK)
Small Editions (USA)
Sepideh Rasizadeh (Iran)
Setareh Shahbazi (Iran/ Germany)
Shirana Shahbazi (Iran/ Switzerland)
Shirin Sabahi (Iran/ Germany)
Shiva Sherveh (Iran/ Norway)
Sina Seyfi (Iran/ Germany)
Soft City Printing (USA)
Sponge Gourd (China)
Studio Kargah (Iran)
Syed Ali Sarwat Jafri & Sumesh Sharma/ Clarck House (India)
The Book Mobile Project (Canada)
TXTbooks (USA)
Till Cremer (Germany)
U_jadowski (Poland)
Team
Hedieh Ahmadi and Ronak Moshtaghi
Thanks to Azar Mahmoudian for her support of the International section and workshops
In Collaboration with:
Mahmoud Bakhshi, Shahrzad Changalvaee, Hamid Emami, Sara Emsaki, Ali Mirzaei, Alireza Mohammadi, Sara Reyhani, Babak Shahrouzi, and Pantea Shayesteh
Rambod Vala, Graphic Identity
Sina Choopani, Bags Design
Hosted by Bon-Gah
