The second edition of the BookBauFestival, hosted by the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe), will take place from January 31st to February 2nd, 2025. This festival will bring together students from our and other universities and protagonists from the international and national artists' book scene, to present their diverse range of artists' books to an engaged visitors.

The BookBauFestival will focus on the themes of economics, sustainable production, and the exhibition/collection of artists' books. During the three days, workshops for children and adults as well as talks by protagonists of the scene are planned and are open to all. From HfG, the initiatives BookBoi*, KLAK, the student publication Schwarm as well as the magazines UMBAU take part. The joint library of ZKM and HfG exhibits a selection of historical books.

The BookBauFestival was conceived in an interdisciplinary way, involving students from the seminar “artists’ books with photography” led by Prof. Susanne Kriemann, associate teacher Hangyan Chen as well as participants from the seminar “BookBauScenography” led by Vera Gärtner.

Program

Friday

17:00 – 20:00 Eröffnung (Lichthof 3 & 4)

17:00 – 19:00 It’s time to grow up, Workshop: Bookboi*, byob (Lichthof 3)

19:00 – 20:00 Workshop: Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju, Paolo Caffoni (Room 115)

Samstag

12:00 – 19:00 BookFair (Lichthof 3 & 4)

12:00 –1 9:00 Kids BookBau-Stammtisch (Lichthof 3)

14:00 – 17:00 It’s time to grow up, Workshop: Bookboi*, byob (Lichthof 3)

12:00 – 15:00 Workshop: Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju, Paolo Caffoni (Room 115)

12:00 – 12:30 Economy and sustainable production, Reading and Sharing: Mark Pezinger Books (Lichthof 4)

12:30 – 13:00 A book a day keeps publishers in play, Reading and Sharing: Spector Books (Lichthof 4)

13:00 – 13:30 Independent publishing: a footnote, Reading and Sharing: Independent publishing: BackBoneBooks (Lichthof 4)

13:30 – 14:30 Students lead presentation, Reading and Sharing: ABK Stuttgart, Uni Siegen, Uni Siegen, HBK Braunschweig, HfG Offenbach, HfG Karlsruhe (Lichthof 4)

15:00 – 16:00 Bookstop Bookshop Buchhaus, Round Table: einBuch.haus, ABA Air Berlin Bookstop Alexanderplatz, Limestone Books, HfG Karlsruhe (Lichthof 4)

Sonntag

12.00 – 18.00 BookFair (Lichthof 3, Lichthof 4)

12.00 – 18.00 BookBau-Stammtisch for kids (Lichthof 3)

14:00 – 17:00 It's time to grow up, Workshop: Bookboi* and byob (Lichthof 3)

12.00 – 12.30 Selfpublishing — collective sharing session, Reading and Sharing: Katrin Kamrau (Lichthof 4)

12.30 – 13.00 Making, Meeting, Exchanging around art books in China, Reading and Sharing: abC China (Lichthof 4)

13.00 – 13.30 Reading and Sharing: Everyedition (Lichthof 4)

13.30 – 14.30 Reading and Sharing: Monroe Books (Lichthof 4)

14.00 - 14.30 Literarische Miniaturen, Reading and Sharing: KLAK (HfG Karlsruhe, Lichthof 4)

15:00 bis 16:00 Round Table: Publishing als artistic practice: Kenneth Ting-Yu Lin (Nomadpapaya), Yun Chen (51 Personae), Ronak Moshtaghi (Bazar Artbooks) and moderated by Céline Condorelli (HfG Karlsruhe)

18.00 End BookBauFestival

More information on the HfG's own publication platforms and the participants can be found at: https://bookbaufestival.de