Archipelagic Affects_both covers 4 May –
5 May 2024
Book Launch: Archipelagic Affects
Join us on 4 May at Framer Framed and 5 May at Limestone Books in Maastricht for the official launch of the new publication Archipelagic Affects, co-published by Framer Framed and the Jan van Eyck Academie. Conceived by artist Yornel J. Martínez Elías, researcher Emily Shin-Jie Lee, and in collaboration with novelist Huang Chong-Kai, Archipelagic Affects takes the form of a shared travelogue documenting how cultures and worlds cross paths through the experience of an art residency.
Programme at Framer Framed | 4 May
During the book launch at Framer Framed, artist Yornel J. Martínez Elías and researcher and poet Nanne Timmer will both reflect on their experiences as co-convener and one of the contributors of the project. By relating their recent practices with the concept of the publication, the conversation will explore how residencies create spaces to learn about divergent social, political contexts, and nurture new kinds of communities as well as long-term relationships between people and places. The events will be moderated by researcher and editor Emily Shin-Jie Lee with a Spanish-English translation by Nanne Timmer.
17:00 – 17:10 | Introduction and welcoming words by Emily Shin-Jie Lee
17:10 – 17:30 | Conversation with Nanne Timmer
17:30 – 18:00 | Conversation with Yornel J. Martínez
18:00 – 18:30 | Q&A and drinks
This event is in English and free of charge.
Register for the launch event at Framer Framed here!
Programme at Limestone Books | 5 May
During the book launch in Maastricht, the designer of the publication and co-founder of Limestone Books, Chen Jhen, will give a presentation. After that, Jhen and Yornel will discuss the process of materialising the project in the format of a publication and how the book relates to the wider ecosystem of the Jan van Eyck Academie and alternative ways of publishing and distributing books.
15:00 – 15:10 | Introduction and welcoming words
15:10 – 15:30 | Presentation Chen Jhen
15:30 – 16:00 | Conversation with Yornel J. Martínez
16:00 – 16:30 | Q&A and drinks
The book launch follows the Taiwanese launch at the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TiBE) in February 2024 and Artist Takeover: ‘Archipelagic Affects’ by Yornel J. Martínez Elías at the Limestone Bookstore in September 2023.
About the book
Conceived by Yornel J. Martínez Elías, researcher Emily Shin-Jie Lee, and in collaboration with Taiwanese novelist Huang Chong-Kai, Archipelagic Affects interweaves visual and textual materials created in different time-spaces. Together they form a shared travelogue that documents how cultures and worlds cross paths through an art residency experience.
Reflecting on how words connect worlds, and how publishing practices generate new content and correlations, the booklet highlights the importance of art residencies in creating new confluences and solidarity networks to sustain cultural production and dissemination within and beyond national boundaries. If we consider an art residency as an island where a group of strangers from different backgrounds temporarily inhabit, how can these unfamiliar strangers make their time together meaningful, and perhaps further create an archipelago of solidarity beyond geographical boundaries after leaving the island?
Order the book online here, or purchase it during the launch event!
Contributors
Authors: Yornel J. Martínez Elías, Huang Chong-Kai, Emily Shin-Jie Lee
Editor: Emily Shin-Jie Lee
Design: Chen Jhen (Limestone Bookstore)
Publishers
Framer Framed, Amsterdam
The Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
Specifications
€15
152 pp.
Soft cover
Riso-printed at the Jan van Eyck Academie print workshop
Limited edition of 200 copies
10×15 cm.
English/Spanish, 2024
ISBN 978-90-83079-36-3
This book results from the Archipelagic Affects project, jointly conceived and supported by Cuban artist Yornel J. Martínez Elias and Framer Framed, in collaboration with the Jan van Eyck Academie. Designed by Limestone Books co-founder and designer Chen Jhen, the publication was also realised with generous support from The Netherlands Office, Taipei.
Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.
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Agenda
Book Launch: Archipelagic Affects
Taiwanese launch of the publication Archipelagic Affects, co-published by Framer Framed and the Jan van Eyck Academie
Artist Takeover: 'Archipelagic Affects' by Yornel J. Martínez Elías
A program around the Framer Framed and Jan van Eyck Academie resident at Limestone Bookstore
Network
Chen Jhen
Designer
Nanne Timmer
Poet and researcher
Yornel J. Martínez Elías
Artist
