Reading South – Melbourne Art Fair 2008
reading south proposed an open and quaint environment for the Melbourne Art Fair public to access a rare collection of critical contemporary art publications that do not normally reach Australian shores from across the south. It also presented a rare selection of local journals that are concerned with alternative perspectives. In the lead-up to the Art Fair, the South Project made contact with a range of publications/ journals/editors from around the world and organise the dispatch of their publications to Melbourne. Fouad Asfour, part of the editorial team of Documenta 12 magazines, became the Editorial Mastermind for South’s Reading Room. During the Art Fair, the public were invited to submit an expression of interest to own any particular journal on display. Over 70 people received copies of these important publications. Please follow the links below to learn more about these publications.
documenta 12 magazines offers a platform for the multidirectional transfer and discursive consolidation of knowledge. Reversing the established one-way exchange and dialogue it focuses on the discursive practice itself, with its respective languages, media, and transformations in various contexts. The South Project also endeavours to open up new channels for independent distribution networks, and encourages flexible forms of trans-local communication.
Georg Schöllhammer, Editor in Chief, Documenta 12
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