EVENTS
We warmly invite you to the opening of [Sic]: Books by Paulius Petraitis on Wednesday, 18 June at 6 pm in our reading room. On view throughout the summer, the exhibition presents a retrospective selection of Petraitis’ diverse publishing practice — from early self-published zines to artist’s books and edited volumes. Spanning from 2009 to the present day, the exhibition explores how Petraitis’ artistic inquiries take shape in the form of the book, become the book, follow the logic of the book, or migrate across multiple publications.
At 7 pm, Paulius Petraitis will be in conversation with curator Paulius Andriuškevičius. Together, they will open up and discuss a number of Petraitis’ artist’s books, offering insights into the ideas and processes behind them.
poster of the exhibition by Eline Cremers
PAULIUS PETRAITIS is a Vilnius-based artist-theorist and independent curator whose practice centres on photography’s expanded field and its relationship to wider socio-cultural narratives. A defining aspect of his work is his longstanding engagement with publishing as both a medium and method of inquiry, exploring how images intersect with technology, meaning-making, and visual culture.
Working under his own name and previously under the alias Paul Paper, Petraitis has developed a diverse and critically engaged body of publications — ranging from accessible black-and-white zines to conceptually ambitious artist’s books and edited volumes. Key works include A man with dark hair and a sunset in the background, Smoke Screen, and Contemporary Photography. He is also the editor of Too Good to be Photographed, an anthology exploring the relationship between photography and failure, with contributions from 47 international artists. Petraitis’s books are held in the collections of major institutions, including the libraries of MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MACBA, the International Center of Photography, Yale University, Denmark Design Museum, the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection (SAIC), and the Clark Art Institute.
25 May, from 17:00 Marija Repšytė, the founder of the 12:15 Reading Room, will share how the reading room/bookstore came into being, what books and publications can be found in the attic in Vilnius Old Town, and will talk about some of the publications and artists' books she has selected and will be bringing for this particular evening at Draugų vardai.
SUNDAY 11 MAY 16:00
reading session #6
this time we will open differen magazines and journals
SUNDAY 23 MARCH 16:00
reading session #5
we will be around the smell and our 5th sense captured in books
SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 16:00
reading session #4
this time we will open the publications of Cutt Press
