Struktur: artist’s books som plats i tiden / Structure: artist’s books as a place in time. The title comes from Eric Saline and his exhibition at the library but it was also suitable for Vanja Larberg work. She had a release for two new boxes in her series ’Kvällsarkivet’. During the evening Eric showed his […]

An exhibition by Anna Strand. Everything takes place around the table. The child is visible there from 15 February 1945. She then does the following: Sits, lies, stands on and beside it. At the end of 1947 the child leaves the table for good. In the last picture, she is sitting on its edge. Someone […]

Lizette Ochoa will be using the library as an Artist in Residence. Lizette is a visual artist based here in Gothenburg, with us she will mainly be focusing on her stories and poetry. Before moving to Sweden for studies in art Ochoa worked as an IT Finance project manager in Mexico. We are delighted having […]

Delighted to host the release of Buskvicker, a zine by Sophia Wester made under the publishing house Sunless Press. For the occasion the library was given previous titles published by Sunless Press. The new books and zines took over two shelfs in the library while Sophia ruled the walls. More on Sophia  https://sophiawester.se/ More on […]

Happy to have a group of students from Bild och berättande at Hdk-Valand on a visit.  The aim of this course is to develop skill in who to work with words in relation to images, and vice versa. Focus is on comics or illustrated books for adults, not something the library has extensively of, therefore […]

How can a process behind an illustrated book look like? On the walls Felicia Fortes showed some of her original drawings to her lates book Addis afro, written by Jali Madi Susso and published by Bonnier Carlsen this January. Also on display was Felicias book Fortes Fauna, a hand-bound research book with 100 animals drawn […]

Happy to hold the release of Lizette Ochoa and Sara Granér’s publication ”Störiga ord”. ”Störiga ord” is a joint publication focusing on words in Swedish and Spanish that annoys, irritates or just confuse the artist. In addition to the publication, and special for this evening, was a generous pile of ceramic letters that filled the […]

In honor of summer, the evening focused on works that relates to green matter. Stina Petterson, Dorota Lukianska and Sven Drobnitza & Mari Lagerquist showed books, printed matter and objects. The loft hosted the inauguration of SPOROTEKET, a place where seeds from the public can be collected and shared. Working with us was our new […]

Graced by a visit from students from HDK-Valand starting a course focusing on publications, artists books, photo-books and other kinds printed matters.

At the first day of August, Vanja Larberg released the issue JULY, which is part of a publication series called Kvällsarkivet (The Evening Archives). The archive is an ongoing work where time, history and memory is collected in the form of a non-linear diary. BIBLIOTHEKET has issue JUNE in our collection.

Alexander Stevenson showed his work Svensk-skotska idiomer (2021) on the Swedish national day (6th of June) as well as Konstepidemin’s Open Day and the City’s 402-year celebration. The work consists of a series of hand-printed woodcuts with motifs and idiomatic expressons from the 17th century when the City of Gothenburg was built. Built by, among […]

We are now at the back of House 7. Unfortunately the room for shelfs and books is smaller than previously, but luckily we have a backyard and a hallway for exhibiting works. Furthermore, we have a tiny office space and a minute loft! More information about the area Konstepidemin https://konstepidemin.se/en/

The invitation to give a presentation at Salon de Papier resulted first in a workshop that ended in a zine, The Yellow Edition, and then in an evening in november 2022 at Gathenhielmska huset where we talked – and talked – about books, pamphlets, ephemerals, zines, binding, storing and archiving mixing the conversations with drinks […]

Very pleased to be able to show new prints by Alexander Stevenson on the walls of Väveriet.Also, on our table, a small number of works from the collection were on display. Apart from Stevensons work, which was made for the City of Gothenburgs 400-years jubilee, the majority of books had been published during 2020. Works […]

PUUT Publicering och utlåning will be our guest, our own AiR, during a few vinter month when the pandemic is again at its peak. More on PUUT https://puut.se/

Upplaga is the annual exhibition at NEJDs event with self-publications and readings. This year, we participated as neighbouring fringe event by keeping open all weekend exhibiting new collage works by Christina Skårud in the room next to the library. Upplaga took place between 25-27 September 2020. More on Skåruds work https://christinaskarud.com/More about NEJD https://www.instagram.com/nejdnejdnejd/ or […]

During the summer, we were able to keep open on several more occasions thanks to a visiting librarian coming in. We also had visit from a group studying at SFI (Svenska för invandrare). Great comments!

We expanding to the dubble size and relocated at Kioskens complex at Järnmalmsgatan, Ringön. At the reopening in May 2020 – despite one of the worst time of the covid pandemic – we were honoured to have Blackbook Publications as our special guests – at a safe distans.Kiosken https://www.instagram.com/kioskenkioskenkiosken/ Blackbook Publications https://blackbookpublications.com/

During three weeks in March 2020, we showed a selection of books and printed matter from the library at Konstepidemins Glas Room. At the opening, our librarian Kaisa Luukkonen were ready to answer any sort of questions and guide the visitors when practical help was needed. During the exhibition book donations were welcomed, however, due to the […]

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At the annual Ö-festen (island-party) on Ringön, BIBLIOTHEKET took to the streets and showed selected works from the collection based around the theme of revolution. We showed works by Nina Lassila (poster), Sophy Naess (poster), Tiago Casanova with the book Is it a Revolution?…, Bound to fall project with their book HEADS WILL ROLL and stones in […]

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At the opening on the 8th of March 2019 Stina Pettersson, Olle Essvik and Mari Lagerquist showed new works or works in progress.