UNLOCK: VISUAL DISSIDENCE
HERNE 2018
UNLOCK:
VISUAL DISSIDENCE
Herne, Germany
8 & 9 September 2018
Publishers & artists | Programme
An exhibition and a book fair
‘Unlock: Visual Dissidence’ brings to Herne an invitation-only list of publishers and artists exploring the field where graffiti, street art and contemporary art overlap.
The event is a collaboration between the Unlock Book Fair and the Museum für Visuelle Dissidenz, a curatorial project directed by German author and curator Robert Kaltenhäuser. In cooperation with Pottporus e.V.
➔ The book fair
‘Unlock: Visual Dissidence’ kicks off with a two-day book fair featuring a select line-up of independent European publishers working with progressive forms of uncommissioned public art.
➔ The exhibition
‘Unlock: Visual Dissidence’ is also an exhibition exploring artistic approaches that push the conventions of uncomissioned public art and take it into unusual territories.
Each publisher has invited one artist from their roster to take part in this exhibition. The installation can be found at the site of the fair and will remain on view for three weeks after the fair’s closing.
Public programme
How should the exhibiting of street artworks be approached? How can publishing be used to effectively communicate these kinds of practices?
In addition to the publishers’ stalls, the book fair weekend features book launches and a series of talks enquiring into issues crucial to the evolution of graffiti and street art, with a particular focus on its most forward-thinking manifestations.
A most fitting venue
Right in the working train station of Herne! The fair, exhibition and public programme will take place at the former waiting room of Deutsche Bahn.
Join us at the Alter Wartesaal within Herne’s train station, an exceptionally fitting space for the kind of content we work with at the Unlock Book Fair and the Museum für Visuelle Dissidenz.
Location
➔ Alter Wartesaal im Bahnhof Herne
➔ Deutsche Bahn station
➔ Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1
➔ Herne, Germany
Free entrance
Opening times
➔ Book fair: 8 & 9 September
➔ Saturday 8th, 11am–7pm
➔ Sunday 9th, 11am–6pm
➔ Exhibition: 8–30 September
➔ Thursdays, fridays and saturdays 4–8pm
➔ Sundays 2–6pm
Support
Local fair and exhibition manager: Robert Kaltenhäuser
