Salon Light #7 – Dent De Leone & Åbäke

Dent De Leone & ÅbäkeCould you please present yourself and your activities.Dent-De-Leone is Martino Gamper, Kajsa Ståhl and Maki Suzuki. All publications are designed by Åbäke and most are co-edited with the artists. We are based in London, but with a kiwi accent as many are confused by our New Zealand website. In London we work with the help of artist Gemma Holt. In Paris, Leopold Lauga will incarnate the spirit of the Pisse-en-Lit.Our 3 latest publications that will be available in Paris are :« L’ile de La Répétition », Benoît Mairea glossy publication standing between and around a film,L’Ile de La Répétition (Repetition Island) and an exhibition, L’Espace Nu.« Victoria & Alferd Museum »A broadsheet proving the existence of a museum by Åbäke« 100 Chairs in 100 Days and its 100 Ways » by Martino Gamper (second edition)now in pocket size.. What about the aspects of artistic independence and financial autonomy? Big words. We understand where this question is going but the parallelism of finance and art is not always balanced by freedom or vice versa in any combination of the three notions. Financially we always need a third partner for realising a book. Either an event, funding body, gallery etc.In a way, Dent De Leone is just a trick. The point is to approach people we admire the work of and with whom we want to collaborate. It is easier to pretend being a publisher and say we know the editor or designer for the project. Most of the time they know it is us too, of course. What about the “author/graphic designer/printer/publisher/distributor complicity” in such editorial projects?We enjoy trying outacting as all of them. Distribution being the difficult one. Michael Rock wrote something about it but let’s face it: If you don’t want to be an author, don’t become a graphic desi

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