ARTIST BOOKS
A selection of recent books by DMW artists
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Ignace Cami, ‘RE: ANKER’ Vinyl, 2023
Twelve complete strangers with little or no knowledge of the Dutch language were invited to form a choir. Each made their own phonetical notes of three songs in old Antwerp dialect which they sang in unison. After just four rehearsals, these newly transformed versions were recorded. Ignace Cami initiated the collaborative singing performance RE:ANKER specifically for his solo exhibition of the same name at M HKA museum. Entwining the connective nature of singing with the alien experience of facing a foreign language, the transformative power of interpretation is harnessed.
€15
Ignace Cami, ‘SOILS OF THOUGHT’, 2022
Soils of thought is a collaborative publication made together with writer Inge Schilperoord and textile artist Aliki van der Kruijs. Both reacted to the making process of the artwork “A sense of direction” and their takes on it all were collected in the form of this booklet, containing an introduction on what happened, a short story, a collection of process pictures and a log written during the act of digging.
The publication was designed by Studio Exercises and printed at the Jan Van Eyck Academy Printing & Publishing
€10
Ignace Cami, I’ll explain everything to the geese, 2022
A publication on I’ll explain everything to the geese, a happening based on elements of a Belgian folk tradition. The event questions the beauty and the burden of belonging to a group, a community, a family.
You enter the space, head straight to the open bar. This part of the social event is familiar to you. Then you find a ceramic object chained to your glass. Free festivities in exchange for taking care of a delicate item all evening: do you accept these terms?
As the crowd grows bigger, the recurrence of the objects becomes nearly ritualistic. The people who are carrying the same burden are involuntarily connected. Are you proud you are a part of it? Relieved you are not?
The objects, similar as they may seem, are all handmade and unique. These small differences might spark conversations. How do you interpret the individuality in this shared experience? The awkwardness of the familiar?
The publication includes a separate fictional short story by Eline Verstegen.
€40
Enzo Smits, Ephameron and Ignace Cami, ‘Sporen’, 2021
Zinemaker, stripauteur, illustrator, muzikant, kunstenaar – Ward Zwart (1985-2020) was nooit in één woord te vatten. Daarom sloegen drie mensen die hem en zijn werk nabij waren de handen in elkaar om het grote publiek kennis te laten maken met de vele sporen die hij achterliet.
Ignace Cami, Hotspot, 2021
Ignace Cami’s publication for the group exhibition ‘Traces of the Future’ at Valerie Traan Gallery
Ignace Cami, ‘Trompo’, 2019
A playful conversation between Ignace Cami and Ben Schwartz