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Ella-Bertilsson, ‘ROCKS TURN TO SAND IIII’, 2022. Marker on Fabriano. Courtesy of the artist.

DABF24 | Ella Bertilsson, ‘THE MOLE FLIPPED THE SUNSHINE SWITCH’

21 November — 01 December 2024

THE MOLE FLIPPED THE SUNSHINE SWITCH is a commissioned artwork by TBG+S Studio Artist Ella Bertilsson in response to this year's Dublin Art Book Fair theme Fictions: The makings of other worlds.

DABF24 Opening Talk | Fictions: The makings of other worlds

21 November 2024, 5pm

Join Dublin Art Book Fair’s Guest Curator Adrian Duncan as he introduces this year’s theme, Fictions: The makings of other worlds.

A book with a silver holographic foil cover reads 'Derek Jarman, 'Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping' in black and white wavy font. The background is light purple.

Art + Literature Book Club: Derek Jarman, 'Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping'

26 October 2024, 12pm

Read and discuss Derek Jarman's surreal, fabular and lyrical fiction title Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping in the context of the exhibitions by Yuri Pattison and Liliane Puthod at Dublin Port.

A photograph of a group of people kneeling on the floor drawing on sheets of paper.

DABF23 Workshop: Art + Activism Zine-Making Workshop

17 December 2023, 12–2pm

Join visual artists Lauren Kelly and Ala Buisir for this zine-making workshop and explore how art and activism can come together.

DABF23 Talk: Grave Digging – A Conversation With BURIED ZINE

17 December 2023, 6pm

Join BURIED ZINE editor Patrick Moran in conversation with artist Mark Garry.

DABF23 Showcase: Grave Digging – BURIED ZINE

17 December 2023, 2–6pm

A unique showcase of the world of BURIED ZINE including interviews from the global metal underground, commissioned digital artworks and AUTOPSY, a virtual reality experience by TBG+S Studio Artist Tamsin Snow.

A group of six people looking in various directions stand in front of a wall of bookshelves filled with brightly coloured books. A display of books of varying size and topics is on a small table to the right in front of the group.

DABF23 Art Walk: Bookshops of Temple Bar

16 December 2023, 11:30am

Take a guided walk through Temple Bar and discover the rich collection of bookshops the area has to offer

DABF23 Workshop: Family Zine-Making Workshop

16 December 2023, 2–4pm

Drop in to this family zine-making workshop and enjoy creating a zine through playful exploration with drawing, writing, stencilling, collage and photocopying.

Dublin Art Book Fair 2022. Photo: Louis Haugh

DABF23 Talk: Artist Book Tour

15 December 2023, 5pm

The second of two tours spotlighting a selection of the submitted artist books at this year's Dublin Art Book Fair led by TBG+S Gallery + Studio Coordinator Anna Maye.

Bob Quinn, 'The Family', 1979. Film Still

DABF23 Publication launch: 'Things Left Undone' by Jes Fernie

15 December 2023, 6pm

Join ACA PUBLIC co-editor Sean Lynch for the launch of Jes Fernie’s new publication Things Left Undone Unsaid Uncelebrated Unplanned Unfinished

Shilpa Gupta, 'Words Come From Ears', 2018, Motion flapboard, 15-minute loop, 43 x 244 x 13 cm; photograph by Par Fredin, courtesy of the artist, Uppsala Art Museum, and the Henry Moore Institute.

DABF23: VAN Special Issue, Orit Gat in conversation with Isobel Harbison

14 December 2023, 6pm

Recipient of inaugural VAN Guest Editor Award 2023 Orit Gat discusses art and literature with art critic and writer Isobel Harbison.

Image: Portraits of Nithy Kasa, Will Ashon and Susan Tomaselli.

DABF23 Talk: We are the Passengers

13 December 2023, 6pm

Dublin Art Book Fair Guest Curator Wendy Erskine in conversation with three prominent literary figures, Will Ashon, Nithy Kasa and Susan Tomaselli.

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