Art/Text/Clearinghouse project

The Art/Text/Clearinghouse project was part of a dual exhibition at the Perth Centre for Photography that opened on 8 February 2012 in Northbridge, Western Australia.

The exhibition was opened by Dr Robert Cook, Curator of Contemporary Art and Photography, Art Gallery of Western Australia in conjunction with the Western Australian Photographic Book Survey and ‘Collective’, an exhibition of contemporary photography.

The project aimed to showcase new books (hand made, digitally printed and offset) highlighting the variety of ways artists and writers work together and to encourage critical writing about art in Western Australia. The project was conceptualised as creating a space of exchange or clearing house to get innovative Art/Text ventures happening in WA.

Exhibited works:

Collaborators	Title		Date	Publisher	Details	Price	Sales
Denise Brown and Gail Robinson	Cemented by Shadows		2012	Self-published: Perth	Archival ink printed handmade hardback book Limited edition of 10	180.00
Nandi Chinna and Andrea Smith	Alluvium		2012	Self-published: Surrey Hills	Loose bound archival Giclee prints and folded card packaging Limited edition of 50	50.00
Liana Joy Christensen and Marie Lochman	Unnatural History		2012	Tone River Press: Fremantle	Digital printed hardback book Limited edition of 500	128.00	Unnatural History
Contradiction Press and Sean Morris	is this bioart?		2011	Contradiction Press: Perth	Softback book	25.00	is this bioart? shop
Michael Farrell, Graeme Miles, Perdita Phillips, Nyanda Smith and Nandi Chinna	birdlife		2011	Lethologica Press: Fremantle	Offset printed softback book Limited edition of 380	25.00 GST inc	birdlife
Eva Fernández, Andrew Nicholls and Bec Dean	(terra) australis incognita		2011	Fremantle Arts Centre: Fremantle	Offset printed softback book	10.00
Vivienne Glance and Perdita Phillips	A Simple Rain		2012	Lethologica Press: Fremantle	Digitally printed softback book Limited edition of 100	25.00 GST inc	A Simple Rain
Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Eleanor Leonne Bennett	Rupture		2012	Self-published	Digitally printed POD hardback book	60.00
the mitchell bros.	Grammatical Instance		2012	Self-published	Digitally printed POD hardback book	120.00 (smaller version available for 60.00)
Mark Parfitt, Gemma Weston and Jamie Macchiusi	Anyday Now		2011	OK: Perth	Offset printed softback book Limited edition of 200	10.00 GST inc
Perdita Phillips, Thea Costantino and Simon Griffith	The Estrildid Orchestra		2012	Lethologica Press: Fremantle	Digitally printed softback book Limited edition of 50	25.00 GST inc
Flavio Rosa and Emmanuela Dos Santos Dias	The Frozen Book		2012	Pink Days Publications: Perth	Digitally printed softback POD book Limited first edition of 20	NFS (first edition sold out)
Dianne Souphandavong and Kathryn Souphandavong	In the beginning		2011	Self-published: Sydney	Digitally printed hardback POD book

Many of these books will shortly be for sale from this website.

Exhibition opening: 8 February 2012
Exhibition ran: 9 February to 11 March 2012
Artists’ Talks:  Saturday 3 March

Journalist Steven Bevis reported on our work here: Bevis, Stephen. 2012. “Photo hub winds on to new venue.” The West Australian, February 2, 8. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/arts/12794352/photo-hub-winds-on-to-new-venue/

Download the Invitation to Art/Text/Clearinghouse Project & Western Australian Photographic Book Survey January 2012 or view the media release.

For further details check out the original call for entries, FAQs here and resources here. If you have any further questions or would like to know more details, please contact teapot@lethologicapress.org.