Introducing: Tsundoku Art Book Fair 2023

Launch 6–8pm Thu 13 July 
Running 10am–5pm, Thu 13 to Sun 16 July
At The Printworks, Dublin Castle

It is with excitement that we see the return of PhotoIreland's book fair to Dublin. Tsundoku Art Book Fair proposes a busy programme of talks, with many book launches and signings, getting to know the participant artists and publishers.

The confirmed list of participants includes 173 publishers and individual artists from all corners of the world. The offer is complemented by workshops for individuals, as much as for families, so that everyone gets creative and inspired.

Join us to launch the return of the fair at 6pm on Thursday 13 July with drinks and great music, celebrate the great work by Irish and International artists and publishers, and discover the many new books and practices presented.

Tsundoku Art Book Fair: Full Programme

Thursday 13 July

11am-1pm Playing with images and text in a photobook – a workshop, with Ania Ready. →

4pm Have Pass, Will Travel: Photobook Launch and talk with Ste Murray.

6-8pm Launch of Tsundoku Art Book Fair. All welcome to celebrate the launch of Tsundoku Art Book Fair with refreshments and music.

Friday 14 July

12pm Traces and Places – Performative Reading & Project Presentation, with Yuki Jungesblut, Sharon Paz and Cate Russell.

1pm El Disparate: Self publishing as a healing tool.

2pm Self-Published Talks, with Guy Bigland, Darja Shatalova and Iollann Ó Murchú.

3pm Discarded Materials and Zine Making, with Sayo Senoo.

4pm Reversing the gaze by breathing in the Margins, with OFF TO MAGAZINE, BIA! ZINE and Inpatient press.

Saturday 15 July

10am Bookmaking Workshop for families, with Bartosz Staszewski →

11am Over and over: On Mimeograph, with Julie Merriman.

12pm On process: Meet dienacht Publishing, with Calin Kruse.

1pm Book Launch: Mehrfamilienhaus, Alice Rekab.

1pm Cyanotype Family Workshop, with Aindreas Scholz →

1pm-4pm Turning Corners by Gerard Byrne Book Signing.

1pm Heartland / Hearthland by Aisling Keavey Book Signing.

1pm Tokyo Jazz Joints by Philip Arneill – Launch and Book Signing.

1pm Book Launch and Signing: The Holding Place, with Emma O’Brien

1pm Zoom books by Catherine Walsh (Catsandbats) Book Signing.

2pm The Holding Place, in conversation with Emma O’Brien.

3pm Between Practice and Publishing, with Reliable Copy.

4pm Bringing the Senses Back to the Book, with Tara Books.

4pm One meter squared – Workshop, with Éireann Lorsung →

Sunday 16 July

10am Bookmaking Workshop with Bartosz Staszewski →

12pm I Also Fight Windmills – on making a literary photobook, with Ania Ready.

1pm Monuments – Book presentation, with gignouxphotos.

1pm Cyantotype Photography Workshop, with Aindreas Scholz →

2pm Publishing as Critical Practice: The Story of GLORIA Books, with Gloria Books.

3pm Works on Toilet paper – risography, community and delinquency, with Bruise studio.

PhotoIreland Festival 2023 continues with an amazing public response!

Over the last week, PhotoIreland Festival received hundreds of visitors to its main venue in The Printworks, Dublin Castle, where 4 of the main exhibitions are hosted. The public response has been exceptional and we are very thankful for the many compliments received regarding the variety of artists and curatorial approaches.

Don't miss the opportunity to see many works and artists never before shown in Ireland, running until 23rd July at The Printworks, Dublin Castle.

Artists Announced for RADAR 2023

The 2023 recipients of the RADAR Research and Development Artist Residency have been selected by Inspirational Arts and PhotoIreland from nominations by eleven Photography programmes across the island.

RADAR is aimed at providing adequate national and international opportunities for artists in order to engage with the broad arts context and consolidate their practice. It is an ambitious evolution of the Inspirational Arts Photography Award first established in 2009, now expanding its remit to provide critical opportunities with the support of PhotoIreland.

A very special Thank You
to Inspirational Arts

Every year, the festival is supported by a number of individuals and organisations who, out of their love for photography and support for artists in Ireland, make everything happen.

But we wish to dedicate a very special thank you to Inspirational Arts, the most committed, professional, friendly, helpful, and precise fine art printer in all of Ireland, if not Europe, if not the world. Inspirational Arts is spearheaded by Ed Dunne and Jim Butler, printing works for not only for most Irish galleries and artists, but their impressive portfolio includes monumental exhibitions such as Hy-Brasil for 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale and Eamonn Doyle's retrospective in the Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, amongst many others.

We are often asked for recommendations of fine art printers and Inspirational Arts is always our answer.

Do you know what PhotoIreland does?

PhotoIreland grows the reputation of Irish artists globally through a 360 degree support system and platform for contemporary photography, activated through a diversity of projects. These include events such as PhotoIreland Festival and Halftone print fair amongst others; resources such as the PhotoIreland Collection, a specialised research library of photobooks, and Ireland’s Art Bookshop, The Library Project; via publishing with projects such as OVER Journal and TLP Editions; professional development support through networking and consultancy opportunities; and empowering early and mid-career photographers via our international partnerships, most relevantly through Creative Europe co-funded platforms such as FUTURES and Parallel.

Find out more about PhotoIreland at photoireland.org
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