Code.Xcess

Code.Xcess considers the creative role publishing plays as both a source and medium for artists to circumvent established systems of generating, organising, and circulating knowledge.  

The select publications shown in the Artists’ Book Library reveal the generic features of reference volumes (calendars, dictionaries, manuals), reimagine their logic systems (alphabet, digital coding, networked connections), and acknowledge the roles (archivist, editor, translator) of those who collect, maintain, and circulate their contents. In addition, special projects throughout the library (screens, walls, windows) and associated public programmes (performances, talks, workshops) question how the seemingly established formats and ways we learn and share continue to evolve.

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