January 2012
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@Why do you Publish ?, Beirout
hard copy editions will be presented by PrintRoom (NL) at the Why do you Publish art book fair in Beirout, 98 Weeks, 02-05 February 2012
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About
Hard copy is an innovative research and publishing platform that aims to reflect on artist books and printmaking, central to emerging artistic, editorial and design practices. Initiated in 2009 by artist, curator and tutor Delphine Bedel, this three-year theory and practice-based project is conceived for the Master of Fine Arts WORK.MASTER at the Geneva University of Art and Design.
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Upcoming hard copy editions 2012.
By Pauline Beaudemont, Vianney Fivel, Ilse Fresh, Adrien Guillet, Anne-Sylvie Henchoz, Anne Le Trotter, Suzanne Perrin, Maya Rochat and a special edition by Delphine Bedel.
Designers: Antonio de Luca, Philippe Desarzens, Marc Hollenstein, Nicolas Leuba, Jeremy Shorderet, (list to be completed).
Editions to be released in May 2012.
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Talk @PrintRoom Rotterdam.
PrintRoom, Rotterdam, March, (date and time to be confirmed.). PrintRoom is a new presentation space and shop dedicated to artists’ publications based in Rotterdam.
Operating as an independent platform for artists, designers and small publishers from all over the globe we explore and present the various positions possible within the field of artists’ publications. We follow new developments,...
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@Musée de L'Elysee, Lausanne. Bookshop
The hard copy editions are now available at the wonderful photo bookshop of Musée de l’Elysee in Lausanne.
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Press: Magazine Zeroquatre.
Review on hard copy by Caroline Engel in the next issue of Zeroquatre.
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Press: British Journal of Photography.
Review by Colin Pantall on the new photobooks publishers, with hard copy, SPBH, Little Brown Mushroom, Ditto Press and more. Check the upcoming BJP January issue!
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Press: Mashallah News.
‘Perhaps one spring’ review by Ismael Abdallah of Florent Meng’s book ‘Préambule. Alinéa H’. Mashallah News is a blog written by journalists, bloggers an designers from all over the Mediterranean sea and beyond. http://mashallahnews.com/?p=5524
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Distribution & Press
Monospace Press, Amsterdam (co-publisher hard copy) Delphine Bedel, collection editor: info [#] hard-copy.org
HEAD – Genève (co-publisher hard copy) Press Information & photos: Olivier Gallandat. olivier.gallandat [#] hesge.ch Tel +41 22 388 51 19. hard copy editions are available at the University’s reception desk. Copies are available for press review.
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@Bookshops & Book Fairs
hard copy editions are now available at Art Metropole in Toronto, Pro QM and Motto in Berlin & Zurich, Ommu Athens, Theophile’s Papers in Brussels and Paris, San Serriffe, Amsterdam, Archigraphy, Geneva University of Art and Design, Musée d’Art et d’histoire in Geneva, Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, PrintRoom Rotterdam and soon at Self Publish Be Happy online shop!
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December 2011
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Press: Colin Pantall's Blog: New Publishers
(Photo by Maya Rochat)
Colin Pantall’s Blog with review of hard copy and Maya Rochat’s editions.
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Call for graphic and typeface designers
Hard Copy is seeking designers for the 2011-12 editions, who are interested in artist books, innovative editorial and critical design practices and typography. Prior experience with printed matter required.
Hard Copy is an innovative research and publishing platform that aims to reflect on artist books and printmaking, central to emerging artistic and design practices. Initiated in 2009 by...
November 2011
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The Amsterdam Art/Book Fair conferences online...
The Amsterdam Art/Book Fair conferences ‘Multiple Future’ online now. All you wanted to know about the future of artists books! Check for videos updates on our FB page.
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@Miss Read, Berlin. Book Launch & book signings.
Romain Legros ’ Argelàs’
Maya Rochat ‘Ma tête a couper’
KW Institute for Contemporary Art , 25-27 November 2011. hard copy Book Launch Book signing by Maya Rochat, Dorothé Baumann, Johanna Viprey, Romain Legros, Florent Meng and Delphine Bedel.
MISS READ will comprise of a selection of about 80 international publishers and artists. The festival will provide an...
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@Offprint/Le Bal, Paris. Talk: 'Artist as...
Offprint Paris / Le Bal, Saturday 12 November, 12 am. Lectures & Talks ‘Artist as Publisher’: political and esthetical meaning of publishing activism by artists. Discussions and presentations by artists from ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative Mishka Henner and Elisabeth Tonner, Delphine Bedel (Hard Copy/HEAD - Geneva University of Art and Design), Stephen Gill (Nobody), José Pedro Cortes...
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@ Théophile’s Papers, Paris. Bookshop
Editions hard copy 2011, sélectionées par Théophile’s Paper
Martina-Sofie Wildberger ’ Mon Petit Alphabet’
Johanna Viprey ’ J’aime a peu pres la nature’
Martina-Sofie Wildberger ’ Mon Petit Alphabet’
THEOPHILE’S PAPERS est un projet de sélection et de diffusion, de différents supports d’éditions (magazines, revues, fanzines,...
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Contact Us
For further information on Hard Copy, or to order editions, please contact Delphine Bedel or Barbara Fedier directly. Typeface and graphic designers interested to be involved in Hard Copy are welcome to contact us: info {#} hard-copy.org
Modes of distributions depends on each artist project, and displayed through various events, performances, exhibitions, and art book fairs. The Librairie...
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@Centre de la Photographie, Geneve. Book Launch &...
Thursday 3rd November, 18.00–21.00. Centre de la photographie, Geneva. Curated by Delphine Bedel Guest Speakers: Bruno Ceschel, Clive Phillpot, Joël Vacheron.
Lectures & Talk,18.30–20.00: Drawing a parallel between the emergence of artist books in the 60’s and the bible of DIY cyber and counterculture, the groundbreaking and thought-provoking ‘Whole Earth Catalog’ (1968–72), in relation to...
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Press: Manystuff
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@OMMU, Athens. Bookshop.
hard copy will be available at OMMU Athens!
OMMU is a distribution service based in Athens, Greece. We are dedicated to circulating and promoting books, zines and periodicals oriented towards art, design, architecture and fashion from all over the world, mainly in the territory of Greece. Our catalogue is primarily constituted of self-published items and all kinds of different projects on...
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Hard Copy on Laptop Radio. Live Broadcast.
Live broadcast of the booklaunch of hard copy at Centre de la photographie, Geneva, 3.11.2011, 18.00–21.00. LapTopRadio is a real nomadic radio: broadcasting irregularly on the internet with a most simple setting: a laptop with a modem connected to the mobile-phone network. If there is a mobile connection, we can broadcast. The old dream of independent pirate radio (but now on the internet)...
October 2011
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Book signing at Offprint Paris: Maya Rochat
Maya Rochat: ’ Ma tête a couper’. Design Jeremy Shorderet. Schedule here: www.offprintparis.com/?page_id=552. More info there: www.mayarochat.com and there www.theletter.ch
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Press: @NEAR, Swiss Association for Contemporary...
Photography: Maya Rochat, Ma tête à couper, Hard copy 2011
NEAR Swiss Association for Contemporary Photography. NEAR has been created in Lausanne in January 2009 to promote contemporary photographic images nationally as well as internationally. NEAR associates artists / photographers as well as professionals in the fields of art and of image in general : art historians, art critics,...
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Bruno Ceshel: Self Publish, Be happy. Workshop
Thursday 3rd November, 9.30-12.30, HEAD-Geneva, CH. Workshop about self-publishing with Bruno Ceschel and Delphine Bedel, and the Hard Copy artists. (This event is not public) selfpublishbehappy.com
Bruno Ceschel is a lecturer in Photography at Camberwell College of Arts, London, a writer and curator. He is also the founder of Self Publish, Be Happy, a organization aim to promote and study...
September 2011
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@Offprint Paris. Book Launch.
Offprint Paris, 10-13/11/2011. Offprint Paris is an artist book fair dedicated to photography publications. Book launch Hard Copy 2011. Presentation of a selection of the editions from the HEAD-Geneva and Monospace Press, and, with a group of the students, encounters with attending publishing houses, designers and artists.
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Press: Manystuff
Thanks Manystuff! A great blog where you can find….
Photo Delphine Bedel, Route 66, Lots of Stuff shop, Pontiac, Illinois.
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“‘The work of art reproduced is now becoming the work of art designed for...”
– Walter Benjamin
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Delphine Bedel. Presentation Hard Copy at the HEAD...
HEAD - Geneva / M.F.A. WORK.MASTER, 21/09/2011, 11.00
Presentation of the Hard Copy 2011-12 Programme: research themes, upcoming editions and projects, book launches, workshops, guests speakers and more. (Access for students, staff and teachers only).
http://wwwworkmaster.ch
Project in the frame work of the WORK.MASTER, M.F.A. at the Geneva University of Art and Design. This project is produced...
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Hard Copy editions 2011
#10. Pleasure Arousal Dominance, Dorothee Baumann. Design Marc Hollenstein
#11. Argelas, Romain Legros. Design Nadja Zimmermann
#12. Préambule, Alinéa H, Florent Meng. Design Marc Hollenstein
#13. Ma tête a couper, Maya Rochat. Design Jemery Shorderet
#14. J’aime bien à peu près la nature, Johanna Viprey. Design Anna Haas
#15. ‘Mon petit alphabet / Mein kleines Alphabet’,...
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Work.Master →
The Work.Master is the MFA programme of the Geneva University of Art and Design. It is addressed to students-artists who wish to broaden and develop their practical work within a framework which promotes a transversal approach, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The programme gives students the opportunity to contextualise their work through real life artistic interventions (in the public...
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Hard Copy. The Sessions
Hard Copy Sessions, Geneva University of Art and Design, 2009-2011
Hard Copy Work Sessions with students, artists, designers and guests at the WORK.MASTER and the Atelier PAO/Micro-édition (HEAD - Geneva), with tutors Delphine Bedel and Barbara Fedier.
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Live on Laptop Radio
Discussion with Seth Siegelaub, Daniel McCLean, Stuart Bailey, David Reinfurt and Delphine Bedel. Geneva, 13/11/2010.
Listen here: http://www.laptopradio.org/LTRblog/?p=316
Book launch & Exhibition Hard Copy, Live on Laptop Radio. Recorded the 13th November 2010 at LiveinyourHead, Institut curatorial de la Head – Genève.
LapTopRadio is a real nomadic radio: broadcasting irregularly on the...
July 2011
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Hard Copy #13. Maya Rochat: 'Ma tête a couper'....
Maya Rochat: Ma tête a couper. Graphic design: Jemery Shorderet
Artist book, 48p, soft cover, 26 x 36 cm, B&W and colour Risoprint. With photographs, collages and texts by Maya Rochat. French/English /German. First edition 2011. 250 copies.
Hard Copy #13. Collection editor: Delphine Bedel. Design editor: Barbara Fedier. Publishers: Geneva University of Art and Design,...
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@'Vue sur la mer', Geneva. Book Launch &...
Book Launch Hard Copy / ‘Vue sur la mer’, Geneva, 30/06/2011, 19.00
Book Launch Hard Copy. The six new photo-books of the Hard Copy 2011 series will be presented, along with and exhibition of 30 black and white posters in A0 format, excerpts of each publication. The posters edition is a proposal by Maya Rochat.
Exhibition ‘Vue sur la mer’, Geneva, 30/06-08/07/2011
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Hard Copy #15. Martina-Sofie Wilberger: 'Mon petit...
‘Mon petit alphabet / Mein kleines Alphabet’. Martina-Sofie Wilberger
Graphic design: B und R (Noah Bonsma and Dimitri Reist). Typeface: DaVinne by Reto Moser
Artist book, 112p, paperback, dust cover, 19 x 12 cm, B&W offset, uneven page cut, 2011. With texts and images by M.S. Wildberger. French/German. 350 copies. Collection editor: Delphine Bedel. Design...
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Hard Copy #12. Florent Meng: 'Préambule, Alinéa...
Préambule, Alinéa H. Florent Meng. Graphic design: Marc Hollenstein
Artist book, 36p, soft cover, 24 x 17 cm, colour offset. With photographs and text by Florent Meng. French/English/Arabic. First edition 2011, 350 copies.
Hard Copy #12. Collection editor: Delphine Bedel. Design editor: Barbara Fedier. Publishers: Geneva University of Art and Design, Monospace Press, Amsterdam. ISBN:...
June 2011
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#12. Johanna Viprey: 'J'aime bien à peu près la...
Johanna Viprey: J’aime bien à peu près la nature
Graphic design: Anna Haas
Artist book, 24p, soft cover, 21 x 29,5 cm, colour offset. With photographs and texts by Johanna Viprey. French. First edition 2011.
Hard Copy #12. Collection editor: Delphine Bedel. Design editor: Barbara Fedier. Publishers: Geneva University of Art and Design. ISBN: 978-2-9700713-1-0. Copyright: Johanna...
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Hard Copy #11. Romain Legros: 'Argelàs'. Design...
Romain Legros: Argelàs. Graphic design: Nadja Zimmermann
Artist book, 64p, newspaper, 38 cm x 28,5 cm. With photographs and texts by Romain Legros. French. 2011. 200 copies. Collection editor: Delphine Bedel. Design editor: Barbara Fedier. Publishers: Geneva University of Art and Design, Monospace Press, Amsterdam. ISBN: 978-2-9700712-8-0. Copyright: Romain Legros, HEAD- Geneva...
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Hard Copy #10. Dorothée Baumann: 'Pleasure Arousal...
Dorothée Baumann: Pleasure Arousal Dominance. Graphic design: Marc Hollenstein
Artist book, 32p, 4 folder posters, 34 x 25 cm, unbound, Duotone and 4 colors offset. Text by Dorothée Baumann. French/English. First edition 2011. Collection editor: Delphine Bedel. Design editor Barbara Fedier. Publishers: Geneva University of Art and Design, Monospace Press, Amsterdam. ISBN:...
May 2011
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@Amsterdam Art/Book Fair. Book Launch & Lectures
Amsterdam Art/Book Fair, NL, 14-15/05/2011
Pre-launch Hard Copy editions 2011. Presentation of a selection of editions published by the Head – Geneva and, with a group of the students, encounters with attending publishing houses, designers and artists. Participation in the lectures series curated by Delphine Bedel and the Head – Geneva.
The first Amsterdam Art/Book Fair will take place on...
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@Amsterdam Art/Book Fair. Lectures Series
Metahaven
Joachim Schmid, Delphine Bedel, Mathieu Copeland, Metahaven (Daniel van der Velden)
Clive Phillpot
Charlotte Cheetham
Maximage, Dan Solbach & Co
Julien Tavelli, David Keshavjee, Ramaya Tegegne, Dan Solbach
Lecture by Emilio Macchia
Kenneth Goldsmith
Scott Joseph
Amsterdam Art/ Book Fair, De Brakke Ground Theater, NL, 15-15/05/2011
Conference curators and...
April 2011
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@Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Geneva. Visit of the...
Visit of the collection and archives. Cabinet d’Arts Graphiques, Geneva, CH, 05/2011
With the director Christian Rümelin and Hard Copy students and tutors. Presentation of rare artists editions, and Q&A on the collection and modes of acquisition, conservation, archiving and display.
(In French) L’origine du Cabinet des estampes remonte à 1886, lorsque les autorités...
March 2011
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Coracle Press. Conference & Workshop
(Coracle : recent books & printed works. Gallery 360, Tokyo 14 - 29/11/2008)
HEAD - Geneva, rue de l’Encyclopédie, Geneva, CH, 04/03/201. Coracle Press (Simon Cutts et Eric Van Horn) will present their publications, in the frame work of Atelier Micro-édition. Organized by Barbara Fedier and Alain Berset. Workshop for the Micro-édition students and conference open to all.
February 2011
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Erik Steinbrecher. Performance & artist book...
Steinbrecher’s Superfundi, a collection of photographs featuring hills, trenches and graves, resembles a magazine. As a connected series of pictures, Superfundi could refer to a ludicrous, mysterious territory, pristine and devastated at the same time. JRP|Ringier ISBN: 978-3-905770-69-8)
HEAD-Geneva, bd Helvetique 9, Geneva, CH, 21/02/2011, 14.00 Erik Steinbrecher. Performance and...
December 2010
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@École supérieure des beaux-arts de Toulouse....
ICI, École supérieure des beaux-arts de Toulouse, Exhibition Livres d’artistes. 15/12/10 - 15/02/2011. Retrospective exhibition of the editorial work of Delphine Bedel. Presentation of Hard Copy editions and other publications relating to her education projects. Curated by Yannick Bouillis.
Livres d’artistes. Une sélection de Yannick Bouillis & Thomas Buxó. Lecture, 15/12/2010.
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November 2010
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Daniel McClean 'On Copyright'. Workshop.
Geneva University of Art and Design, Work.Master, 04/11/2010.
Workshop on the relation between art and copyright laws with Daniel McClean, Delphine Bedel and the students of Hard Copy. Case study and Q&A on the students own projects.
Daniel McClean is an independent curator, writer, and lawyer. He recently curated an exhibition with Superflex at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2010) and...
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@LiyH, Geneva. Workshop 'Re-Applied Art' with...
LiveinyourHead, Institut curatorial de la Head – Genève, 01-03/11/2010.
Workshop with Dexter Sinister, Delphine Bedel and the students of Hard Copy and the MFA WORK.MASTER. Installation of the two exhibitions ‘Re-Applied Art’, Dexter Sinister’s own collection and publications, the and Hard Copy editions. Preparation of the performances, talks and book launch.
Dexter Sinister is the...
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@LiyH, Geneva. 'Hard Copy. Multiples,...
Hard Copy Book launch & Exhibition. LiveinyourHead, Institut curatorial de la Head – Genève. 1-3/11/2010, 18.00
Discussion. Avec Seth Siegelaub et Daniel McCLean, Stuart Bailey, David Reinfurt et Delphine Bedel
Exposition. ‘Re-Applied Art’ by and hard Copy edtions, 04-24.11. 2010.
Lectures. Une proposition de Laurence Boissier, Boutheyna Bouslama, Sarah Burger, Grégoire Fontana,...
October 2010
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@Salon Light #7, Paris. Book Launch
Salon Light #7, Point Ephémère, Paris, 22-24/10/2010
cneai = organises Salon Light, an annual meeting of micro-publishers of artists’ publication. It is part of the program off of the FIAC. Book launch Hard Copy editions 2010. Presentation of a selection of editions from Head – Genève and, with a group of the students, encounters with attending publishing houses, designers and artists.
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July 2010
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Hard Copy. Editions 2010
Flyer Hard Copy Editions 2010, designed by Marc Hollenstein.
Reading/Performance. Book launch. LiveinyourHead, Institut curatorial de la Head – Genève, 01-03/11/2010.
#01-03. Pratiques, Laurence Boissier. Design Camille Decrey
#04. Correspondances, Boutheyna Bouslama. Design Linda Voyame
#05. Reststücke, Sarah Burger. Design Julie Petter
#06. Speculation en carton, Grégoire Fontana....