'bring your own book' is a collective that started as a student initiative at the Gerrit Rietveld academie in 2021. Since then we have been working on an interdisciplinary programme around self-publishing, activated through events, lectures, workshops and book fairs.
From posters to books to zines and cards, some serious, some silly, some hard-covered, some soft, and some surprisingly furry; we have created a fair for everyone engaged in diy, self-publishing to show or sell their work.
In the words of Michael Pichler, art book fairs today serve as “periodically recurring meeting places in real time and real space, where people travel to gather together. One could say that art book fairs today serve the function of marketplaces, but not primarily in the economic sense; rather, they are a physical place accessible to the common public, and a public sphere for negotiation and exchange.”
We focus on community building and bringing together works of makers that are present throughout the production process, acting as a source of inspiration, a place for experimentation, and a connective tissue between different practices and people. byob hopes to encourage makers and appreciators of printed matter to seek one another out and to give each other's work some well-deserved attention and appreciation.
We are excited to invite you to participate in the Warehouse Market, a three-day event from 25-27 October in Amsterdam that offers a place for local makers, designers & publishers to share their self-made garments and fashion- or textile related publications, and exchange knowledge about fashion, clothes and textiles in context.
Visit the BYOB table + browse many other publishers during the coming weekend, at Miss Read — the Berlin art book fair & festival for independant publishing.
Friday-Sunday at HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Exhibition and book launch by Bring Your Own Book @ Plan B.
bring your own book fair is back in town
10th of May 2024
11:00–20:00
Save the date and join us for the fourth edition of the bring your own book fair at Fred. Roeskestraat 96, Amsterdam
We are excited to announce the 4th edition of the bring your own book fair at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. This time around we are staying true to our name! All participants will be given a stand to show, sell, or trade their printed matter.
We are happy to invite you to ‘Be Our Guest! A symposium on publishing’ on the 8th of December at the Fedlev Auditorium together with abC - art book in China, Björn Giesecke, Kristina Stallvik and Ott Metusala. They will hold presentations about their individual and collective publishing practices. The talks will be introduced by byob.
Bring Your Own Book will exhibit and sell the self-published works of over 400 artists, bookmakers, designers, publishers and writers from all over the world in ENTER ENTER, celebrating self-publishing and diy-printed matter in a weekly changing display.
For the duration of the week byob is setting up a publishing station at W139. We publish everyone. You are invited to fill out-in-up the given template, which will be printed on demand and distributed in W139 over the span of the week. The publishing station also serves as a display system for the ongoing research on practices around self-publishing. All the printed work left behind will be bound into a publication on the 16th of September
Goodbyes are hard but a small goodbye snack definitely aids the ache, and fills part of the hole left by our friends over at Snacks Amsterdam.
bring your own book is taking over ENTER ENTER for four weeks from the 15th of September until the 15th of October and we are looking for printed matter made by you, your friends and friends of friends of friends. We are programming a 4-week exhibition, display and fair of diy and self published books and other printed matter. The month will be filled with launches, lectures and workshops!
We are happy to announce workshop ‘Fangirls Workout’: join ROTTING FRUITS on May 26 for a workshop working out and with the books and publications surrounding us at the byobfair.
This mapping session called care in action aims to unpack how care and design are connected as well as an attempt to collectively find out how we can bring more care into the (everyday) practice.
This is a collective mapping workshop hosted by Not Just a Collective and facilitated by Lu Lin and Femke Kersten for this edition. During the workshop, we will explore questions such as "What is publishing?" "What can we do to enrich the realm of publishing?" and "How can we co-exist as self-publishers?" Through group discussions and activities, the workshop aims to generate a collective action plan to redefine publishing practices and provide practical guidance for self-publishers in collaboration with participants. The final result of the workshop will contribute to the second edition of the zine.
bring your own book is taking over the pavilion of the Gerrit Rietveld academy from the 11th until the 26th of May!!
Celebrating, discussing and partaking in diy-book making and publishing, the month will be filled with launches, lectures and workshops ending with a book fair. (for which the open call is still up until the 19th of May).
See the schedule below and save the dates!!!
Find Bring Your Own Book & your books at "It's a book" fair in Leipzig, on April 29!
Bring Your Own Book fair is coming back this spring with its third edition & this is our open call for books & performances!
open call: BYOB fair is looking for new people!
Get your printed matter shown, sold and most definitely appreciated in the Rietveld Pavilion.
Bring Your Own Book fair has a temporary shop! Filled with 40+ student-made publications, zines, books and other objects from our students and alumni. And best of all: All your purchases will go directly to the maker! (ex. shipping costs)
The store is open the entire month of February and shipping will happen in the first week of March.
It’s our pleasure to announce the first edition of the Bring Your Own Book fair! On the 25th & 26th of November there is going to be a book market in the Glass Pavilion where all students will be able to sell, perform, read, show, do or be their printed matter.
2021
bring your own book is taking over ENTER ENTER for four weeks from the 15th of September until the 15th of October and we are looking for printed matter made by you, your friends and friends of friends of friends. We are programming a 4-week exhibition, display and fair of diy and self published books and other printed matter. The month will be filled with launches, lectures and workshops!
You can apply to the open call until the 1st of September by clicking on the link below:
OPEN CALL
(Drop off dates and places for your submitted printed matter will be announced right after the open call to the email you submitted with, if you cannot make it in September before the 10th please let us know)
If you want to apply as a collective or if you want to collaborate, please email us byobfair@gmail.com
'bring your own book' is a collective that started as a student initiative at the Gerrit Rietveld academie in 2021. Since then we have been working on an interdisciplinary programme around self-publishing, activated through events, lectures, workshops and book fairs.
From posters to books to zines and cards, some serious, some silly, some hard-covered, some soft, and some surprisingly furry; we have created a fair for everyone engaged in diy, self-publishing to show or sell their work.
We focus on community building and bringing together works of makers that are present throughout the production process, acting as a source of inspiration, a place for experimentation, and a connective tissue between different practices and people. byob hopes to encourage makers and appreciators of printed matter to seek one another out and to give each other's work some well-deserved attention and appreciation.
ENTER ENTER (Nieuwe Herengracht 11, Amsterdam) is a not-for-profit venue hosted by Premiss, Roma Publications, and Fw:Books. Situated in Amsterdam ENTER ENTER is a project space dedicated to the “art of the book”. It works with publishers, designers, authors, printers, indeed anyone who is professionally involved with independent art books, to present creatively designed exhibitions on relevant subjects. It also organises meetings and conversations relating to the exhibitions, and on general topics concerning the independent art book. In this context “art” is widely defined to include fine art, design, architecture, photography, film etc.
A few important considerations:
- All printed matter brought in will be shown, we operate an open submission policy and will only refuse to stock something if it is discriminatory or harmful.
- If you want to show more than one work, just fill in another form :)
- We encourage you to show work that is reproducible and in an edition of more than one.
- We work with the financial department of the Gerrit Rietveld academie for the payment system, so it might take a few weeks before we can pay the due money of the works you sold because of administration time
- !! When giving us your bank details it is very important to mention the name that is connected to your bank as well if this one differs from your own name. This way we can safely and securely transfer your money !!
- We work non-profit and will take no money from the items you sell through us
- By giving us your work, you agree that we cannot be held accountable in case of stolen, missing or damaged works. That being said, we will of course be the most careful and mindful we can be with you work
- If you have any questions, suggestions or proposals don't hesitate to contact us at byobfair@gmail.com
