Photo: P74 Gallery Archive
Photo: P74 Gallery Archive
Photo: P74 Gallery Archive
Photo: P74 Gallery Archive
2 – 13 December 2024
P74 Gallery
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The year 2024 is coming to an end, and we are pleased to announce the VIII Blind Date Convention, which is dedicated to the promotion, production and popularisation of Artist Books and Art Publications. We are announcing the return of some exhibition and communication formats lost over the years, such as the Artist Book Fair, accompanying exhibitions and promotions of Artist Books’ new editions. Artists will sign their books, prepare performative lectures, book presentations, etc.
This year’s fair, which will take place at the P74 Gallery on Wednesday, 11 December 2024, between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., will feature:
Beli Sladoled (SLO)
Kodoji Press (CH)
Mina Fina (SLO)
Oaza Books (CRO)
Pangolin (CRO)
KELA (SLO)
PrivatePrint (MK)
RISO & friends (CRO)
Tadej Vaukman (SLO)
The Angry Bat (SLO)
Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. (SLO)
The Convention will also be spiced up with the following two events: on Monday, 2 December 2024, at the P74 Gallery at 5 p.m., we are announcing the long-awaited RIO Rock in Opposition book release. On Friday, 13 December 2024, Winfried Heininger, founder of the independent publishing house Kodoji Press, will hold a lecture at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana.
In previous years, after the exceptional response and excellent publications that arrived at the competition, expert juries shared the title of Best Artist Book between two winners.
In 2018, the international expert jury consisting of Matej Sitar (artist), Paula Roush (lecturer, artist, London) and Darko Šimičić (lecturer, curator, Zagreb) selected the publications Nokturno (The Angry Bat) by Andrej Lamut and Opium Clippers (Rostfrei Publishing) by Neja Tomšič as the Best Artist Books.
In 2020, the program was held virtually. At the 2022 Convention edition, the expert jury consisting of Janka Vukmir (Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb), Nina Skumavc (P74 Gallery, Ljubljana) and Tadej Pogačar (P74 Gallery, Ljubljana) selected Picture Book, Notebook and Envelope by Small but dangers (self-publishing, 2022) and The Galeb by Matija Brumen (The Angry Bat, 2021) as the winning books.
