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Self Publishing Summer School (FULLY BOOKED)
Join Manchester School of Art alumni, bookbinding technicians and Poetry Library staff for this exciting summer school programme looking at self publishing.
Ran over the course of five days, the short course will provide an introduction to methods of self publishing, with talks and workshops from practitioners making zines, magazines and artist books. The following self publishers will be giving an introduction to their practice:
> Rahel Zoller: a London based artist and book arts and design specialist and educator. Rahel’s work questions the concept of what a book is by subverting, embracing, and interrogating the form and materiality of the book itself. Whilst also considering the interaction between user, creator and society. Since October 2015, Rahel has been a member of ABC (Artists’ Books Cooperative).
Her works have been published and exhibited internationally and are held in a number of collections such as the MoMA Artists’ Books collection in New York, Artists’ Books Tate Library Collection, the Booklet Library in Tokyo, the Museum of the Manuscripts of Mont-Saint-Michel in France, the Centre for Artists’ Publications in Weserburg Bremen Germany and at the archive at MACBA in Barcelona, Spain.
> Chris Printed This: a designer, illustrator and printmaker based in South Yorkshire. Their work explores Pop Culture, Queer Culture, Art History, and more esoteric themes, often centred on the occult. They utilise a range of different print methods in their work, from riso, to lino and sometimes etching.
> Ceremony Press: an independent publisher based in Manchester, establish May 2018, showcasing contemporary photography and various other forms of visual art. Collaboration is at the heart of Ceremony Press, giving emerging practitioners an opportunity to publish, using printed matter as a way of sharing ideas and presenting new works.
> Multitudes Zine Fest: made up of Heena Patel (one of the organisers of Over Here Zine Fest), Mish Green (a writer and zine maker) and Jasmine Gardner is (a visual artist and co-director of Happening In MCR), MZF is a space for zines which focuses on Black, brown and global majority, neurodivergent, disabled, working class and LGBTQ+ zine-makers.
https://multitudeszinefest.weebly.com
Participants then go on to work together to produce a self published collaborative edition, being introduced to the Bookbinding workshop and learn techniques available to you when using this creative space in the future.
Please note this is a full week programme, take a look at the schedule to ensure you can commit to the sessions and full opportunity.
There are 15 places available. Please sign up then email us an Expression of Interest telling us a little about your interest in self publishing or zine making. We would love to know about why you are applying to the summer school — bookbinding@mmu.ac.uk.
You will be contacted by July 22nd if you are successful.
Associated Badges:
In A Nutshell...
- Explore... the bindery zine library and Poetry Library's zine archive
- Collaborate... with students across the university to produce a risograph publication
- Get inspired... by alumni who are now working in the field of art, design and publishing
- Support... your artistic practice with a new medium
- Develop skills... in design, printing, binding and finishing
- Gain recognition... with a publication launch and exhibition
- Earn up to 250 Rise points ... which can be recognised within your degree.
Schedule
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10:00 to 13:00 on 05/08/24 - GM Lecture Theatre
Artist Talks Artist talks by focused on different approaches to the world of independent self publishing, from creating artist books, to setting up to running zine fairs. -
14:00 to 16:15 on 05/08/24 - Chatham 002
AN INTRODUCTION TO BINDING Delve into the bindery zine library and investigate binding methods! In this workshop you will practice beak books, pamphlet stitch, supaclip binding and saddle stitch, making a range of blank dummy zines. -
09:00 to 10:00 on 06/08/24 - Chatham 002
CONTINUED INTRO TO BINDING Return to the bookbinding workshop between 9am and 10am to finish off any zine dummies and walk over to the Poetry Library together -
10:15 to 12:00 on 06/08/24 - Poetry Library
VISIT MANCHESTER POETRY LIBRARY Visit Manchester Poetry Library and learn from staff how the collectives archives DIY publications and facilitates zine making in their programme -
13:00 to 16:00 on 06/08/24 - Chatham 002
INTRODUCTION TO RISOGRAPH PRINTING Discover the wonders of Risograph, a digital duplicator often described as screen printing crossed with a photocopier. Together we will make a collaborative beak zine using 2 spot colours. -
09:00 to 16:00 on 07/08/24 - Chatham 002
DESIGNING A COLLABORATIVE PUBLICATION Building off the processes learnt in the previous days, we will identify a group interest and develop content using collage, mark making, drawing and more to produce a collaborative Risograph publication. -
09:00 to 16:00 on 08/08/24 - Chatham 002
PRINTING AND BINDING A COLLABORATIVE PUBLICATION Print and bind our collaborative zine using a Risograph printer and specialist bindery equipment. -
09:00 to 16:00 on 09/08/24 - Chatham 002
ARCHIVE AND EXHIBIT Return to MMU's Poetry Library to archive your publications + plan an exhibition, launch event and / or book fair participation.