Plantin-Moretus Awards 2008

Joëlle Tuerlinckx. Study Book and Artempo both won an award
at the 2008 Plantin-Moretus Awards.

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KIOSK — Modes of Multiplication

The KIOSK - Modes of Multiplication archive, containing circa 6.000 publications
by more than 400 publishing projects, including MER., is now as a whole part of
the Berlin Kunstbibliothek archive at the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
In the summer of 2009 the Kunstbibliothek will host a big (final) show with and on the
KIOSK archive.

Previously (2007-2008) at:
Artists' Space, New York, NY
Midway Contemporary, Minneapolis
Galerie Art & Essai & Ecole des beaux-arts, Rennes, France
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Beyond KIOSK)

BEYOND KIOSK
A small selection from the KIOSK archive is touring the
world, as some kind of an ambassador of the big archive.
Upcoming exhibitions:

Beyond Kiosk III
Centre, d’art conteporain, geneva, Switzerland
(opening June 28)

Beyond Kiosk IV
Les Silos - Pôle Graphisme, Graphic Design Department of the City of
Chaumont
23rd of September - 31st of October 2008

Beyond Kiosk V
MUDAM, Luxembourg, March 14 - June 8th, 2009



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May 2008
audioMER. festival
2–3 may 2008
KC BELGIË, HASSELT

friday may 2nd
BRETHREN OF THE FREE SPIRIT (UK/NL)
JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK)
JOZEF VAN WISSEM (NL)
DANIEL GUTIERREZ (VEN)

saturday may 3rd
HEAD OF WANTASTIQUET (US)
WET HAIR (US)
ALEX MONK (UK)
KOSMISCHE KEUTERBOEREN (BE)

expo
SHAWN REED (US)
WOUTER VANHAELEMEESCH (BE)
TESSA DECEUNINCK (BE)
CELINE HUDREAUX (FR)
SARAH YU ZEEBROEK (BE)

featuring the MER. Paper Kunsthalle temporary bookstore

FREE ENTRANCE

For more information, visit the site of KC BELGIË

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January 2008
BOOKLAUNCH @ ORCHARD, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

From january 23rd until februari 1st 2008, MER. was guest at the Orchard gallery in New York City, as part of the exhibition 'Cookie-Cutter' by Christian-Phillip Müller. MER. erected a temporary bookstore within the Orchard gallery, wherein all available titles from the MER. catalogues were exhibited and sold.

The events started on january 23rd with a conversation between Matt Mullican and Luc Derycke about the books they created together. On january 24th Adam Lehner read from his most recent publication, 'The Rearrangement', as to introduce the new MER. publication. On january 24th and 31st the gallery was filled with the sounds of Brethren of the Free Spirit, honouring the release of the album 'All Things are from Him, through Him and in Him', the firstborn on the new audioMER. label. Adam Lehner sined his 'The Rearrangement' on february 1st, during the finissage of the events. Duvel provided the necessary beverages.

The booklaunch in New York was the first in a planned series of international book presentations, meant to amplify the perception of the MER. fund.