AND Publishing Unboxing
AND Publishing
Unboxing-events
Sunday 6 May 2–5pm
Saturday 16 June 2–5pm
Sunday 26 August 2–5pm
Welcome to a new collaboration with AND Publishing in Marabouparken Guestroom. The Guestroom is an evolving programme strand in which we collaborate with collectives to support their work and develop new strands of practice. During spring and summer AND Publishing invites you to learn how to box and how to unbox.
AND is a publishing activity based in London, initiated in 2009. It is a multitude of temporary alliances, which don’t fit together smoothly.
AND brought a pile of boxes to Marabouparken Konsthall and will unbox them during their residency. The boxes contain publications they have worked on, documents, which they want to investigate and miscellaneous items related to their projects and inquiries. To do this, AND moved out of the exhibition space into one of Marabouparken’s staff office spaces on the second floor and turned it into an Unboxing Room.
You are welcome to explore AND’s projects and publications* in this Unboxing Room, unbox yourself, or come to one of the public unboxing afternoons at the Konsthall. The Unboxing Room is open Wednesday–Friday, 12–5 pm or by appointment. If you would like to visit the Unboxing Room and find out more about AND’s work you can ask a member of staff or email jenny.richards@marabouparken.se to book a time.
(* The Piracy Project, *Teaching for people who prefer not to teach, * The Library of Omissions and Inclusions, * Let’s Mobilize: What is Feminist Pedagogy?, * a selection of good and bad sports bras (D cup and upwards), * Keep It Complex, * as well as our *Terms and Conditions emails and other miscellaneous items.)
AND Publishing says:
Why do we publish 
What are we publishing How do we publish What does it mean to understand our work not as a ‘noun’, but as a ‘verb’ Where do we put the many things we’re doing, that don’t fit into boxes What’s the problem with categorisation How do we resist the demand for individual authorship? Why do we NOT want a unified face How can we subvert the social pressure to produce faces How do you ‘work politically’ instead of making work ‘about politics’ What’s the problem with writing a colophon in the book How do we negotiate with institutional bodies Why would we go on a residency when we struggle to pay rent at home Where can we store our boxes How long does it take to travel to Stockholm from London by train Why do we all speak English Why is what we are doing called research or education and not art Where did we meet What happens if we don’t work together anymore Who has invited us and why How are we spending the budget Do we want to stay in a two-bedroom or a one-bedroom apartment Do you want tea Have you read the S.C.U.B manifesto What’s the Wifi password Which objects didn’t we bring because we were worried they might get stolen How do we make this residency visible Who has the time to engage What can we make public When does the residency end Who would be our ideal boxing teacher What happens if we hurt ourselves Who gives in Who compromises Who accommodates Who cares Who edits Who organises Who translates Do we need a new, less tired and exclusive language to talk about all of this And how do you document laughter
Welcome!
***You also find a selection of our publication in the Konsthall shop in the entrance.***
The Unboxing-events are a collaboration with ABF Norra Stockholms Län
