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November 11 – 12, 2023
Milda Books
(Polycopies, Paris Photo, Paris, France)
In 2023, Polycopies celebrates its 10th anniversary. Every year, to coincide with Paris-Photo, Polycopies organizes its festival and transforms the Concorde-Atlantique boat and the quays of the Seine in front of it into a sizeable ephemeral bookshop fully dedicated to photobooks. Visitors are welcomed by over eighty French and international publishers and booksellers.
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July 13 – July 16, 2023
Tsundoku Art Book Fair, PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Tsundoku Art Book Fair proposes in 2023 a series of talks, book launches and signings to get to know better the participant artists and publishers. The offer is complemented by workshops for individuals, as much as for families, so that everyone gets creative and inspired.
The fair is welcoming contemporary artists, art publishers, art bookmakers, and art organisations that have been engaged with artists' publishing. Tsundoku will feature a broad range of active publishers, artists and collectives, small presses, and institutions.
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July 3, 2023, 4:00 pm
Motherland. Far Beyond the Polar Circle
(Latvian Railway History Museum (Dzelzceļa Muzejs), Riga, Latvia)
The book launch and solo exhibition by Georgs Avetisjans, curated by Elīna Sproģe and Mākslai Vajag Telpu at the Latvian Railway History Museum (Dzelzceļa Muzejs).
The book "Motherland. Far Beyond the Polar Circle" is a visual and investigative journey to understand secrets guarded in the past. Using a Soviet-made medium format camera, the Salut, Georgs narrates the story of a town built upon the bones of Soviet prisoners 163 kilometres beyond the polar circle where many deportees once lived. Considered enemies of the USSR, many were taken to the Gulag camps and left to die from cold, starvation, and poverty.
Mākslai Vajag Telpu is a unique platform for contemporary Latvian artists facilitating and curating art exhibitions and talks. Their goal in the future is to create an art museum in Riga where to exhibit works of art created between 1945 and 1991 and to create a complete image of Latvia's artistic heritage.
Latvian Railway History Museum (Latvian: Latvijas dzelzceļa vēstures muzejs) is a railway museum with expositions in Riga and Jelgava, dedicated to the history of the railway and its development in Latvia. The museum is a structural unit of the company "Latvijas dzelzceļš". The museum has the most extensive collection of wide-gauge vehicles in the Baltics.
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August 09, 2021, 12:00 am
Self Publish Riga / Milda Books
(Grāmata Latvijā, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
Public discussion and podcast "Grāmata Latvijā" about photobooks at the National Library of Latvia.
The moderator of the conversation was researcher and photography historian Baiba Tetere.
Listen (in Latvian) on SoundCloud: http://ej.uz/Klausies_LNB or Spotify: http://ej.uz/Klausitava!
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May 18, 2021, 09:00 am
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(Kraszna-Krausz Photobook Award, The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation, London, UK)
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear by Maria Kapajeva has been awarded the 36th annual Kraszna-Krausz Photobook Award!
Since their inception in 1985, the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have been the UK’s leading prizes for books on photography and the moving image. Winning books make original and lasting educational, professional, historical and cultural contributions to the field. With prize money of £10,000 divided equally between the winning title in the Photography category and the winning title in the Moving Image category, the Awards celebrate excellence in photography and moving image publishing.
Andor Kraszna-Krausz, the founder of Focal Press, created the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. Following his death in 1989, Kraszna-Krausz’s estate became the Foundation which now bears his name. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have previously been known as the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Awards and the And/Or Book Awards. The Awards have been presented as part of Photo London at Somerset House. The Foundation has previously partnered with the BFI, the National Media Museum, Media Space and the Sony World Photography Awards. In addition to the awards, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation has periodically operated a programme for year-round, small-scale grants for advancing photography and the moving image in the UK.
The Foundation also presents an award recognising an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing and a Fellowship in Photography.
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December 11, 2020, 18:30 (GMT+2)
Seat 68
(Facebook Live, ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia)
Book launch: Seat 68 by Paula Jansone.
Participants:
Artist - Paula Jansone // Graphic designer - Alexey Murashko // Milda Books - Georgs Avetisjans and Kārlis Bergs // hosted by ISSP - Evita Goze.
ISSP is a platform for contemporary photography based in Latvia and acting internationally. ISSP offers the highest-quality education and networking programmes for photographers, organises exhibitions and events, and creates new ways to promote the cross-border exchange of ideas in the art of photography.
Since its establishment in 2006, ISSP has yearly run the International Summer School of Photography, initiated education and exchange programmes and projects, curated several exhibitions and publications, established a contemporary photography education programme in Latvia, and, most importantly, gathered a thriving community of young photographers in Latvia and internationally - our students and tutors come from over 30 countries around the world.
In 2018, ISSP launched a new exhibition and events space for contemporary photography in Riga - the ISSP Gallery.
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October 17, 2020, from 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
Milda Books
(Online Photobook Fair, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK)
Browse Impressions Gallery's curated selection of Virtual Stalls featuring international independent publishers such as Schilt from Amsterdam and Baltic-based Milda Books and UK favourites Overlapse, Highchair Editions, Bluecoat Press, and many more. Please find out about their latest publications, meet the publishers, and enjoy exclusive discounts.
Impressions Gallery is a charity that helps people to understand the world through photography. The gallery opened in 1972 as one of the first specialist photography galleries in the country and has played a vital role in changing the way people think about photography. They continue to support and encourage ground-breaking artists who challenge and change photography and present world-class exhibitions that explore issues such as identity, race, gender and politics. Impressions Gallery showcase new and recent work and historical photography outside the mainstream.
From 4:15 - 4:30 pm, Maria Kapajeva in an online conversation with Milda Books.
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October 17, 2020, 12:00 am
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(Narva Art Residency, Narva, Estonia)
The book launch by Maria Kapajeva and collective reading at Narva Art Residency. The event was organised for the former textile mill workers, 'Kreenholm', the book's main subject. The book is the continuation of her project ‘Dream Is Wonderful, Yet Unclear’ about the Kreenholm community of Narva. The book is an artistic way to present stories, images and her own artworks, which Kapajeva collected and produced in Narva in 2017. This event is a unique opportunity for the community to get together and celebrate their stories in the form of a book and as a collective reading. British Council in Estonia supported the event.
Narva Art Residency is a unique cultural platform facilitating residencies, art exhibitions, talks and educational workshops. It is located in Narva city on the Estonian-Russian border in the historical Kreenholm area. The International Artist-in-residency program is open for artists operating across various disciplines, including Visual Arts, Music, Performance, Architecture, Design, Film, Literature and Curatorial Practices. It aims to generate creative exchange between practitioners and strengthen links with the local community. The centre is located at the historic style villa, initially built for the technology director of Kreenholm. Nearby stands the abandoned textile factory, once the largest of its kind in Europe. Recently, it has functioned as a significant source of inspiration for artists and a space allowing opportunities for experimenting.
Watch the video.
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October 8, 2020, 6:00 pm
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(Lugemik Bookshop and cafe Hulda, Tallinn, Estonia)
Book launch and performative reading: Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear by Maria Kapajeva.
Lugemik is a publisher and a bookshop in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 2010 by graphic designer Indrek Sirkel and artist Anu Vahtra. Lugemik publishes books and other printed matter, working closely with artists, writers, designers, and printers in every step of the publishing process. In 2013 Lugemik opened a bookshop on Contemporary Art Museum Estonia (EKKM) premises. In 2015 Lugemik was joined by the curator and artist Laura Toots for extended activities with artists beyond publishing projects.
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September 19 - October 31, 2020, Online
Cruise
(OPaf (Other Places art fair), The Fulcrum Press, Los Angeles, USA)
OPaf (Other Places art fair) is fluid in definition, bonded by an intention to operate in other places outside the traditional art gallery systems. It features participants presenting site-specific booths encapsulating their projects and programming. Representing the growing movement of hard-to-define art spaces, OPaf provides an alternative art fair structure designed specifically for these unconventional projects.
The Fulcrum Press was founded in 2014. They are a small press exploring the play between photography and other artistic media. Unpacking the expectations and limitations of publication formats, they are committed to the idea of the photo book as a curatorial project that exists both on and off the printed page.
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May 26, 2020, at 7:30 pm (GMT+3h)
Milda Books
(Untitled Dummy Award, Moscow, Russia)
Milda Books participating in a conversation between book publishers organized by Untitled Dummy Award, 2020
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May 31, 2020, at 6:00 pm (GMT)
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(#INSTAsalons with 10x10photobooks)
An online conversation with curator Maria Veits about photobooks and artistic practice.
10×10 Photobooks is a non-profit organization that aims to foster engagement with the global photobook community through an appreciation, dissemination and understanding of photobooks. Founded in 2012, 10×10 offers a multi-platform series of public photobook events, including reading rooms, salons, publications, online communities, and partnerships with arts organizations and institutions.
Maria Veits is based in St. Petersburg and Tel Aviv, and her current interests include migration experiences and strategies of different generations and their reflection in other artistic practices.
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May 21, 2020, at 4:30 pm (GMT)
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(Photoworks, Brighton, England)
An online conversation with director Shoair Mavlian about the new book.
Photoworks is an international platform, global in reach, and have provided opportunities for artists and audiences since 1995. The programme brings new experiences to audiences and opens up new ways to encounter photography. Photoworks is a registered charity and the only organisation with a national remit for photography in England. They are supported by public funding through Arts Council England’s National Portfolio.
Photoworks is led by Shoair Mavlian, Director and was named Apollo Magazine’s 40 under 40 Europe – Thinkers. As director of Photoworks, her recent curatorial projects include 'Photoworks Festival: Propositions for Alternative Narratives (2020) and 'Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Zone Grise / The Land In Between' for the MEP Paris (2019) and 'Brighton Photo Biennial: A New Europe' (2018). From 2011-2018 she was Assistant Curator, Photography and International Art at Tate Modern, London, where she curated the major exhibitions ‘Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art’ (2018), 'The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection' (2016), 'Conflict, Time, Photography' (2014), 'Project Space: A Chronicle of Interventions' (2014) and 'Harry Callahan' (2013).
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May 7, 2020, at 6:30 pm (GMT)
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin, Ireland)
Official book launch of the 1st edition live through ZOOM hosted by Gallery of Photography Ireland. It will continue as an online program during May about the new book and works, which are meant to be exhibited at their venue during this and the last month.
Gallery of Photography Ireland is the leading voice for photography in Ireland. They are dedicated to fostering a dynamic culture of photographic practice across various platforms. Established in 1978 by John Osman, the Gallery of Photography Ireland is one of Ireland’s leading cultural arts organisations. Designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey, their award-winning gallery is in the heart of Temple Bar in Dublin.
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April 16, 2020, at 6:30 pm (Cancelled of Covid 19)
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
(Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin, Ireland)
Official book launch and signing of the 1st edition at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, Ireland, by London-based Estonian artist Maria Kapajeva and a solo show Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear open from April 16, 2020 - May 24, 2020.
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April 3 – 5, 2020 (Cancelled of Covid 19)
Milda Books / Blow Up Press
(Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, USA)
Book signing of the 1st edition of Cruise at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA by Latvian photographer and visual artist Ieva Raudsepa.
Initiated in 2013, Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) is the companion to the NY Art Book Fair. Free and open to the public, the two events are among the leading international gatherings for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating the full breadth of the art publishing community.
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December 20, 2019
Cruise by Ieva Raudsepa
(The Calvert Journal, London, UK)
We're delighted to see our second photobook, "Cruise" by Ieva Raudsepa, at The Calvert Journal annual round-up among the other great photobooks of 2019.
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November 15 – 16, 2019
Milda Books
(Kaunas Art Book Fair, Kaunas, Lithuania)
Kaunas Art Book Fair seeks to establish Kaunas and Lithuania as important nodes for discoveries and networking within the international publishing map. This event is organized by Kaunas Photo Gallery together with Six Chairs Books. It aims to activate the city’s field of art publishing vibrantly and to raise questions regarding the content and value of the art book. The Kaunas Art Book Fair seeks to grow and foster a community for both art book readers and publishers by creating a platform for meeting and dialogue at this two-day event.
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November 07 – 08, 2019
Milda Books
(Polycopies, Paris Photo, Paris, France)
Since 2014 Polycopies has been organizing a fair with 45 specialized international photography book publishers once a year. It is a large ephemeral bookshop, a space entirely dedicated to photo books, during the week of Paris-Photo.
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September 27 – 29, 2019
Milda Books / ISSP Gallery
(Kai Art Center, Art Fair Foto Tallinn, Tallinn Photomonth, Tallinn, Estonia)
The Art Fair Foto Tallinn is dedicated to promoting and introducing contemporary photographic art. Being the only art fair in Estonia, Foto Tallinn offers artists a unique format to present their recent work, reach new audiences and form professional relationships. The fair also functions as a platform for facilitating and initiating international collaboration. Foto Tallinn offers an excellent opportunity to see new contemporary photographic art, including artist talks, panel discussions, seminars, book launches and curated fair tours.
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September 19, 2019, at 6:00 pm
Cruise @ PhotoQ Bookshop
(Unseen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Book signing of the 1st edition at the Unseen Amsterdam by Latvian photographer and visual artist Ieva Raudsepa.
Unseen is an international platform dedicated to contemporary photography practices. Focusing on what’s new in the international art scene, Unseen creates a unique space for exchanging ideas and knowledge, hearing different voices, raising awareness of the burning issues of today and expanding the international community.
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September 18, 2019, at 6:00 pm
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(Gallery of Museum of Photography, Tallinn Photomonth, Tallinn, Estonia)
Book launch and signing of the 2nd edition at the Gallery of Museum of Photography in Tallinn, Estonia, by Latvian-Armenian photographer and visual narrator Georgs Avetisjans, along with a solo show Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country will open from September 18, 2019, to November 11, 2019.
Tallinn Photomonth is an artist-led biennial of contemporary art and visual culture. Although started in 2011 by artists working primarily with photography and video, the biennial has never been a narrowly media-based event. Instead, it looks more broadly at developments in art and society in a world mediated by cameras, screens and images.
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July 03, 2019, at 6:00 pm
Cruise / It Could Just Swallow You Up
(ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia)
Official book launch and signing of the 1st edition at the ISSP Gallery in Riga, Latvia, by Latvian photographer and visual artist Ieva Raudsepa, along with a solo show It Could Just Swallow You Up, open from July 3, 2019 - August 7, 2019.
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July 02, 2019
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(Mr. Page Bookstore, Riga, Latvia)
"Homeland" (Dzimtene) by Georgs Avetisjans won the 1st Prize: the Best Book Design of 2018/2019 in Latvia. Mr. Page is a beautiful bookstore with carefully selected books, bookazines, writing instruments and other elegant amusements. Prints, papers and pages of all sizes, shapes and forms. And also some things without pages that are great nonetheless.
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June 13 – July 28, 2019
Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
Selected photobook exhibition during the Athens Photo Festival at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138 in Athens. This is a leading international photography and visual culture festival in Southeastern Europe and one of the world's five oldest of its kind. The Festival seeks to unite emerging and established artists and photographers worldwide to reflect the diversity of photography and visual culture today.
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May 15 – June 16, 2019
Riga Photomonth, Riga, Latvia
Pop-up photobook exhibition & showcase curated by Arnis Balčus and Alnis Stakle at the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Riga Photomonth is an international photography festival in the capital of Latvia since 2014. Riga Photomonth explores and shows photography from Northern and Eastern Europe.
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April 09 – 25, 2019
Milda Books / Self Publish Riga
(Belgrade Photo Month, Belgrade, Serbia)
ENTER. Photobooks from the Baltics curated by Evita Goze were a part of Belgrade Photo Month in Dom kulture Studentski grad.
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December 26, 2018
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(The British Journal of Photography, London, UK)
"Homeland" (Dzimtene) by Georgs Avetisjans is one of the top 5 picks in 2018 for The British Journal of Photography by Arnis Balcus, editor in chief of FK Magazine and director of Riga Photomonth.
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December 22, 2018
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(The Calvert Journal, London, UK)
We're so happy and delighted to see our first photobook, "Homeland" (Dzimtene) by Georgs Avetisjans, at The Calvert Journal annual round-up among the other great photobooks of 2018.
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November 01, 2018, at 5:00 pm
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia)
Official book launch and signing of the 2nd edition at the Latvian Museum of Photography in Riga, Latvia, by Latvian-Armenian photographer and visual narrator Georgs Avetisjans and a solo show Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country will be open from November 1, 2018 - January 13, 2019.
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October 20 – 21, 2018
Milda Books
(Phoenix Brighton, Brighton, UK)
During the weekend of October 20 – 21, Phoenix Brighton will host the second Photo Publishers’ Market organised by Brighton Photo Biennial and Brighton Photo Fringe. The Photo Publishers’ Market is a prominent feature of Brighton Photo Biennial’s and Brighton Photo Fringe’s public events programme, and the exhibitors include a stimulating mix of established imprints, emerging houses and self-publishers.
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October 04 – 07, 2018
Milda Books / Self Publish Riga
(Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark)
Since 2014, Photobook Week Aarhus has been engaged with the photobook in all its facets and has presented a festival programme of international standing. For its 5th anniversary, Photobook Week Aarhus shows works by renowned artists and promotes established and emerging talents, publishers, curators, printers and booksellers. The festival occurs at the Aarhus School of Architecture, Galleri Image, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Dokk1 and Verpan design store.
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September 21 – 23, 2018
Milda Books / Blow Up Press
(Unseen Book Market, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Unseen Book Market celebrates beautiful books and their creators worldwide, housing over 60 independent publishers in Amsterdam. The book market channels the diverse practices that come together in photobook publishing.
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July 21, 2018, at 7:30 pm
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(Kaltene, Latvia)
Book launch and signing of the 2nd edition in the longest village in the country by Latvian-Armenian photographer and visual narrator Georgs Avetisjans.
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July 04, 2018, at 6:00 pm
Homeland. The Longest Village in the Country
(Les Recontres de la photographie, Arles, France)
Book launch and signing of the 2nd edition at the Cosmos-Arles Books by Latvian-Armenian photographer and visual narrator Georgs Avetisjans.
Created in 2009 and headed up by Olivier Cablat and Sebastian Hau, Cosmos-Arles Books is a Les Rencontres de la photographie in Arles, France event focusing on contemporary practices in photography publication. This space is dedicated to photography books hosting around 70 international publishers and specialized bookstores.