As part of PUBLICS Parahosting programme, join us on August 5 from 18-20 for the publication launch of Pattern Reader, published by cover crop. The event starts with an introduction by the editor, Kristina Stallvik, followed by readings by contributors.

Taking its starting point from the collection of texts housed by the PUBLICS Library, Pattern Reader explores multiple understandings of “pattern” as a verb – to instruct, arrange, decorate, create rhythm, give texture, make intelligible – and their manifestations within contemporary art practice. The contributions inhabit a space between word, image, and action, giving shape to these various mechanisms of the pattern. Join us on Wednesday August 5th to celebrate the launch of the publication.

ARTIST BIOS

cover crop is an artist-run publishing and curatorial platform initiated by Stallvik in 2022. With a focus on translating exhibitions and time-based works onto the page, the project supports implementation of the book as an artistic tool and the expression of artistic practice through book objects. cover crop has collaborated with a multitude of organizations, artists, editors, and designers such as Rindon Johnson, Yann Chateigné Tytelman, and april april. Previous events have been held at Reference Point (UK), Galerie Molitor (DE), GROTTO (DE), San Serriffe (NL), and more.

Kristina Stallvik  is an artist working across language, printmaking, sound, and moving image. Informed by a scholarly background in environmental science and queer studies, their visual practice investigates technologies responsible for constructing a social understanding of the natural. Stallvik’s writing has been published by emergent magazine, Werkplaats Typografie, the Lumbung press of Documenta 15, and more. Recent exhibitions and performances have been staged at Kunsthalle Wien (AT), Image Music Text (UK), Skaftfell Art Center (IS), Montez Press Radio (US) and Between Bridges (DE).