Having spent two days in the very ‘koselig’ bookshop space of Oslo’s Cappelens Forslag (and its very intimate back room-cum … More
Author: gvannoord
Revisiting: Steve McQueen
I first met Steve McQueen in Amsterdam in 1996, when I was still working at De Appel in Amsterdam, and … More
Public Enquiries: PARK LEK and the Scandinavian Social Turn
I am currently proofing texts for a book entitled Public Enquiries, which follows a symposium that took place in 2016. Public Enquiries is a research … More
Talk Olivia Plender and launch Rise Early, Be Industrious in Glasgow
On Friday 3 February, at the Glasgow Film Theatre, Rose Street, 11 am
workshop Oslo
On 31 January and 1 February I will be contributing to and participating in a workshop about writing, editing and … More
Revisiting: Luca Frei – The so-called utopia…
While talking to artist Anthony Shrag, he referenced Luca Frei’s The so-called utopia of the centre beaubourg. An interpretation, unaware that … More
PARSE # 5
I am currently working on proofing issue # 5 of the PARSE Journal, published by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The … More
Intentions and Actions
Following the conference Social Intentions held in 2016, CCA: Glasgow will be publishing a book, entitled Forms of Action, that brings … More
Conversations
Artist Anthony Shrag and I have been talking for a while about a publication. Whether that will indeed take the … More
Launch Rise Early, Be Industrious
I’d clocked it, vaguely, before I went on holiday early August, but it was fully confirmed upon my return several … More
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016
Like the previous two years, I copy-edited and proofed this year’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries catalogue. As always, an interesting cross-section … More
Another blast from the past
Having worked with Book Works on and off over the years, I know how long Jane Rolo and Gavin Everall … More
PARSE # 3, and now # 4
With PARSE # 3 recently released – you can access it here – am now proofing issue # 4, which follows … More
London launch The Curatorial Conundrum
After having communicated about The Curatorial Conundrum via skype and email for the better part of the last two years, finally … More
PARSE
Having communicated with Mick Wilson, as one of the editors of The Curatorial Conundrum, together with Paul O’Neill and Lucy Steeds, … More