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Ante – what we got up to

Posted on May 15th, 2012 by Sarah

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With amazing timeliness, we bring you this post about Ante Art, and what we got up to while we were there.

Ante-art was a 100% DIY arts fair, taking place in Shipley Kirkgate Market over two days of the May Day weekend. It featured exhibits by artists and collectives such as Black Dogs, Bristow & Lloyd, Knit a Bear Face, and the Caged Bird Club, among many others. The exhibition ran all weekend, with a book fair on the Saturday, and an ‘art factory’ on the Sunday.

The art factory included an “Idiot’s Lowbrow Print Workshop” and “Knitting Takes Guts“, as well as a letterpress workshop.

Participants were invited to add, typeset and print a word to go into a collaborative sentence. Here’s how that turned out.

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DIY Protection Racket

Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by Admin

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“The Nail That Sticks Up Gets Hammered Down” — Born Against

“A lot of people seeking careers in creative industries like to misuse the DIY label as a means of getting a ‘foot on the ladder’ upwards into their chosen career, whatever that might be.”

Sarah busts out the hammers over at her blog:
http://sjbradleybooks.blogspot.com/2012/02/diy-protection-racket.html

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Nine—Five—Nine Exhibition

Posted on February 27th, 2012 by Admin

DIY, Exhibitions, Letterpress

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We’ve got some stuff in this, hopefeully we’ll be there early enough for one of those espresso martini’s! Maybe see you there before we pass out in a corner?

Nine—Five—Nine
‘Work Together, Play Together’

5-9pm Thursday 1st March 2012
14 Park Square East, Leeds LS1 2LE

Film Screening and publication exhibition
All are welcome / Free Entry

Refreshments will be provided including espresso martinis for the first 25 visitors.
One night exhibition in a house Park Square which has been converted into Leeds City Centre. Video and publication responses to the themes of work, play and collaboration.

Artists and contributors include:
Kristyna Baczynski, Lucy Barker & Ben Ncm, Violaine Bergoin, Joanna Brinton, Stephanie Bryant, Clare Charnley & Patricia Azevedo, Annie Carpenter, Lex Clarke. Amy Connor, Rosie Curtis, The Den Project, Jade Ellis, Carrie Lent, Paul Matosic, Abi Mitchell & Josie Wells, The Print Project, Sam Renseiw, Michael Szpakowski, Topical Jungle, Harry van de Bospoort, Ben Warren, Philip Welding and Village Bookstore.

http://www.artinunusualspaces.co.uk/home/nine-five-nine/

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Shop Updated

Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by Admin

1in12 Club, DIY, Ink, Letterpress, Paper, Postcards, Proof Press, Shop, Wood Type

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Added three new posters and a postcard to the SHOP.

We’re currently running really low on badges, notepads, Anarchist & You’re Not My Type posters.

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Forme Friday: A Serious Waste of Time

Posted on February 17th, 2012 by Admin

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Something we did recently for Andy Abbott of The Obscene Baby Auction.

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Leeds Print Festival. PRINT IS DEAD.

Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Admin

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If you’ve already had one of these in the post then you’ll know what it’s all about, if not — here’s a sneak peek at the invites we’ve printed for the opening evening of the Leeds Print Festival on 27th January.

032 Red & Black on 700gsm GF Smith Colorplan.

Picture robbed from @LPF2012, thanks.

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Forme Friday: Cops & Robbers

Posted on December 23rd, 2011 by Admin

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This weeks Forme Friday “knit jumper” couldn’t be more appropriate for this time of year when a high proportion of people will be sporting some hideous whacky ‘seasonal’ knitwear.

This forme was part of the work we did for the October 2011 issue of Cops & Robbers.

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Next To Nothing: An Exhibition on the Price of Nothing and the Value of Everything

Posted on September 9th, 2011 by Admin

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Our Sarah is exhibiting some of her letterpress stories at this, so go check it out!

Next to Nothing

15th Sept – 1st October, 2011. The Light (Top Floor), Leeds City Centre.

DIY art collective Black Dogs returns once more to the group show format with an exhibition containing contributions from over thirty individuals and collectives. Advancing Black Dogs’ critique of the institutional artworld, the contributors occupy various positions in relation to the label ‘artist’; raising questions about when something is art, who can make it and what the worth of calling it art is anyway.

The exhibition results from a series of collective meetings and conversations around notions of value. What is the radical potential of thrift and an economical approach? When and why is something cheap? What does it mean to be not-for-profit or operate in a non-capitalist fashion? How do we value our time and how does this find expression through the things we do or make? When are we working and when do we play?

Next To Nothing opens on Thursday 15th September at 5pm. All are welcome and refreshments will be available. There is a post-opening party and gig featuring Picore (from Spain), Conquest of Steel, War All The Time and Nope! from the DIY (not-for-profit) music community held at Wharf Chambers club for members and their guests. The exhibition continues Monday to Friday 4 – 7pm and Saturdays 12 – 6pm until 1st October. Entry is Free.

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