VABF’s 2020 branding with abstract circles, arrows and square abstract pixelated shapes in fluorescent pink, orange and yellow on an airbrushed pastel background.

VANCOUVER
ART BOOK FAIR
COMING 2021

Digital Art Book Fair? Yes!

Vancouver Art Book Fair (VABF) is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement, appreciation and circulation of artists’ publishing. Welcome to the first edition of our digital art book fair!

The Program

The 2020 program features artists and publishers from Canada and abroad, guest curated by Vivian Sming and presented through digital platforms such as Zoom and YouTube.

Photograph from VABF 2019, the foreground of the image has heads of multiple seated people listening to a panel discussion of four individuals, the focus of the image is on the fourth panelist who is using their hands to emphasize what they are speaking about as the other panelists look towards them. Two blank white boards are on the wall behind the panel.

Photograph from VABF 2019, perspective from over the shoulder of a person holding a zine. Their arm shows a dark denim jacket and some bracelets. The zine is white paper and black text that is not legible. The out of focus background has green carpet with white dots and few other zines (orange, pink, blue) lying on the ground.

Art Book Month

Art Book Month is a parallel series of events taking place in October, hosted by artists, curators, collectives and institutions who are actively creating and presenting work in this medium.

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Become a member of VABF! Your membership will create a space for artists on local, national and global platforms, allowing us to act as a hub for artists’ publishing. Starting at $25 CAD your membership includes awesome perks each year!

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VABF gratefully acknowledges that our annual activities take place on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Where are you located?

xʷməθkwəy̓əmMusqueam
Skwxwú7meshSquamish
Səl̓ílwətaʔ/SelilwitulhTsleil-Waututh

2020 Exhibitors

ABM: Ambient Noise Project, Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa, Saturday, October 31, 2PM PST, Online (zoom)⁠
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“This event is meant to be a continuation of Nakashima-Ochoa’s Ambient Noise project. Previously, she had hollowed out a TV set and had filled it with collage materials and found objects. Participants would draw items from the TV and paste them into prepared zines that were blank or with prompts. After the collaging workshop, participants discussed how the items they had drawn by chance related to their thought process or things going on in their lives. This workshop had airs of the surrealist game, Exquisite Corpse—through its collaborative and randomized nature—contextualized in the casual format of zine-making and side-by-side work.”⁠
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Art Book Month is a parallel series of events hosted in spaces locally in Vancouver, nationally and internationally by artists, curators, collectives and institutions who are actively creating and presenting work in this medium. Save events and view the full ABM schedule at VANCOUVERARTBOOKFAIR.COM.⁠
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ABM: PROTECTION RITUALS with poet Rita Mookerjee and artist Wade Tullier, Drum Machine Editions, Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 7PM EST, Online (vimeo)⁠
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“Join Drum Machine Editions (@drum_machine_editions) on Vimeo for a book launch party with performances by Mookerjee, Tullier and special guests. PROTECTION RITUALS is a collection of drawings and ekphrastic poems by Wade Tullier (Detroit, MI) and Rita Mookerjee (Iowa City, IA). WADE TULLIER (@wadetullier) is a Detroit-based visual artist working primarily in ceramics. Raised in southern Louisiana, he holds a BFA from Louisiana State University and received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2017. Tullier has exhibited in numerous solo shows nationally including Underfoot (ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, OH), High Water Marks (Devening Projects, Chicago, IL) and New Familiars (Projects Gallery, Akron, OH). He has also shown internationally, most recently presenting work in Reykjavik, Iceland and Munich, Germany. RITA MOOKERJEE (@melanincholia) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Iowa State University. Her poetry is featured in Aaduna, New Orleans Review, Sinister Wisdom, Queen Mob's Teahouse and Cosmonauts Avenue. She is the author of the chapbook Becoming the Bronze Idol (Bone & Ink Press, 2019). She is the Poetry Editor and Founding Editor of Honey Literary, Assistant Poetry Editor of Split Lip Magazine and a poetry staff reader for [PANK].” Link: vimeo.com/drummachineeditions⁠
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Art Book Month is a parallel series of events hosted in spaces locally in Vancouver, nationally and internationally by artists, curators, collectives and institutions who are actively creating and presenting work in this medium. Save events and view the full ABM schedule at VANCOUVERARTBOOKFAIR.COM.⁠
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#VancouverArtBookFair #VABF2020 #VABF #ABM #ArtBookMonth

ABM: Virtual Flip Through with Robbie Sinclair, Raw Meat Collective, Wednesday, October 27, 8pm EST, Online (youtube)⁠
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“Please join Raw Meat Collective for a virtual “flip through” with Toronto artist Robbie Sinclair for his newest release. Released for the Vancouver Art Book Fair, they will explore Sinclair’s second title for Raw Meat Collective titled Jigsaw Fantasy. Viewers are encouraged to explore past titles available for viewing at: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2X0gk_6U_2kOeQ8-NWlKvw.”⁠
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Art Book Month is a parallel series of events hosted in spaces locally in Vancouver, nationally and internationally by artists, curators, collectives and institutions who are actively creating and presenting work in this medium. Save events and view the full ABM schedule at VANCOUVERARTBOOKFAIR.COM.⁠
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#VancouverArtBookFair #VABF2020 #VABF #ABM #ArtBookMonth #RawMeatCollective

ABM: Open Studio + Riso Library Tour at @MonikerPress, October 28, 1PM, Online (instagram live)⁠
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"Join us on instagram live for Moniker Press' first online open studio! Since we can't have you in person, let a camera take you on a tour of our studio, see the riso printers, flip through samples and colour charts, and a curated selection from the riso library! monikerpress.ca" ⁠
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Art Book Month is a parallel series of events hosted in spaces locally in Vancouver, nationally and internationally by artists, curators, collectives and institutions who are actively creating and presenting work in this medium. Save events and view the full ABM schedule at VANCOUVERARTBOOKFAIR.COM.⁠
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#VancouverArtBookFair #VABF2020 #VABF #ABM #ArtBookMonth #monikerpress #risograph #printing #studio #riso

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