Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (26-28 May, 2023)
Deniz Beser will be organising the Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair 2023
Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair is an annual international independent publishing event that focuses on presenting self-published publications and independent works in the fields of art, design, literature, culture, and more.
The fair is taking place from May 26-28, 2023, at the Atelierhaus Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Semperdepot) located at Lehargasse 6-8 in Vienna. Whether attending in-person or online, visitors can expect to be immersed in a vibrant atmosphere of creativity and passion for independent publishing.
Among the exhibitors at the Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, there are some notable names such as Present Books (DE), NFC Edizioni (IT),Teuntje Fleur (NL), Post Fire Books (FR), Antenna Press (USA), Irene Bonecrusher (ES), Verlag edition clandestin (CH), requetemiau (PE), Anna Uchiyama (JP), Mariana y Raquel (CR, GT, CO), Vienna Zines (AT) will also be showcasing their works at the fair.
With 110 physical exhibitors and 20 online exhibitors from more than 25 countries, the Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair is a great opportunity for those who are interested in independent publishing to discover new works, meet like-minded individuals, and learn about the latest trends and developments in the field. Visitors can expect to see a diverse range of publications, including zines, artist books, comic books, graphic novels, and much more.
Fair Dates: 26 May – 28 May, 2023
Visiting hours:
on May 26th from 14:00 to 21:00,
on May 27th from 11:00 to 20:00,
on May 28th from 11:00 to 19:00.
Adress: Lehárgasse 6, 1060 Vienna
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/519025897021609
Website: https://fanzineist.com
Vienna Comix, Artist Alley, METAHall, Vienna, Austria (22-23 April, 2023)
Visiting Hours:
Saturday,22. April 12-18 Uhr
Sunday, 23. April 10-16 Uhr
Venue: METAHall der METAStadt : Dr.-Otto-Neurath-Gasse 3, 1220 Vienna
For more information: https://viennacomix.at
Deniz Beser, “Capturing The Everyday: Work In Progress”, Wohlmut, Vienna, AT (18.04-02.05. 2023)
Deniz Beser | Capturing The Everyday: Work In Progress
18. April – 30. May 2023
Vernissage: 18. April 2023, 18 Uhr – 23 Uhr
Finissage: 02. May 2023, 18 Uhr – 23 Uhr
Opening hours: Everyday, 16-20 Uhr
Wohlmut: Wohlmutstraße 4, A-1020 Vienna
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/237621722130157
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“The gallery won’t be just a place to exhibit art, but also a space for creation, experimentation, and exploration”. Deniz Beser’s exhibition, Capturing The Everyday: Work In Progress, is based on this idea. For the duration of the exhibition, Beser will live and work in the gallery, turning it into an art studio, and attempting to produce a new work every day.
The works in the exhibition are a reflection of Beser’s attempt to capture the everyday. Through his art, he tries to transform the mundane into documentation. He captures moments that are often overlooked or taken for granted, and charges them with meaning and humour. His works invite us to slow down, to pay attention to the details of our lives, and to appreciate the world around us.
The exhibition is a celebration of the creation process. By working in the gallery, Beser invites the visitors to witness and come close to his working space and to become part of it. The works on display are not just finished products but also the result of a continuous dialogue between the artist, his materials, and the space around him. As the exhibition progresses, the works accumulate, and the gallery becomes a living, breathing organism, constantly evolving and changing. Beser is not interested in creating a static, finished product but rather in capturing the fleeting moments of everyday life and transforming them into something new.
He has been trying to explore his own discipline and the limits of production possibilities with his desire to produce one work every day since December 2019.
Beser’s practice could be defined as working within a space between painting, zine, music, video, and ready-mades. All of this media is most often presented in the context of installations than as totally autonomous works. He often focuses on the absurd products of post internet pop culture, chasing internet phenomena and their protagonists, as well as portraying the silent heroes of everyday life.
During the exhibition opening, visitors will have the opportunity to join the experimental music project “Nal” and the jam sessions of “Psychedelic Sounds”. In addition, visitors will be able to participate in the jam performance with the instruments available in the art gallery and with their own ones.
nal (Ω) is a project that mediates musical/sonic occurrences in both human and non- human agency. Their size, number, media, temperament, moods and bodies are transient.
After these performances, Beser’ will take the booth with his 90s DJ set and invite everyone to dance. Don’t miss out on the chance to groove to the beat!
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Deniz Beser | Capturing The Everyday: Work In Progress 18. April – 30. Mai 2023
Vernissage: 18. April 2023, 18:00 – 22:00 Uhr
Finissage: 02. Mai 2023, 18:00 – 22:00 Uhr
Öffnungszeiten: Täglich von 16:00 bis 20:00 Uhr
Wohlmut: Wohlmutstraße 4, A-1020 Wien
“Die Galerie soll nicht nur ein Ort sein, um Kunst auszustellen, sondern auch ein Raum um diese zu schaffen, mit ihr zu experimentieren und sie zu erforschen”. Deniz Besers Ausstellung “Capturing The Everyday: Work In Progress” basiert auf dieser Idee. Während der Ausstellung wird Beser in der Galerie leben und arbeiten, sie in ein Studio verwandeln, in dem er versucht jeden Tag ein neues Werk zu kreieren.
Die Werke in der Ausstellung sind eine Reflexion von Besers Versuch, das Alltägliche festzuhalten. Durch seine Kunst soll das Gewöhnliche in Dokumentationen der Vergangenheit verwandelt werden. Er fängt Momente ein, die oft übersehen oder als selbstverständlich angesehen werden und verleiht ihnen Bedeutung und eine Portion Humor. Seine Werke laden uns ein, langsamer zu werden, die Details unseres Lebens wahrzunehmen und die Welt um uns herum zu schätzen.
Die Ausstellung feiert den Schaffensprozess an sich. Indem Beser in der Galerie arbeitet, lädt er den Betrachter ein, seinen kreativen Prozess zu beobachten und Teil davon zu werden. Die ausgestellten Werke sind nicht nur fertige Produkte, sondern auch das Ergebnis eines kontinuierlichen Dialogs zwischen dem Künstler, seinen Materialien und dem Raum, der ihn umgibt. Mit dem Fortschreiten der Ausstellung sammeln sich die
Werke an und die Galerie wird zu einem lebendigen, atmenden Organismus transformiert, der ständig in Bewegung und Veränderung ist.
Seit Dezember 2019 versucht Beser, seine eigene Disziplin und die Grenzen der Produktionsmöglichkeiten auszuloten. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist die Idee, jeden Tag ein neues Werk zu schaffen.
Seine Praxis kann als Arbeit im Bereich zwischen Malerei, Zine, Musik, Video und Ready- Mades angesiedelt werden. All diese Medien werden meist im Kontext von Installationen als völlig autonome Werke präsentiert. Der Künstler konzentriert sich oft auf die absurden Produkte der Post-Internet-Pop-Kultur, verfolgt Internetphänomene, deren Protagonisten, und porträtiert die stillen Helden des Alltags.
Während der Eröffnung der Ausstellung haben Besucher:innen die Möglichkeit, das experimentelle Musik-Projekt “Nal” und die Jam- Sessions von “Psychedelic Sounds” zu erleben. Darüber hinaus können sie an einer Jam-Performance mit ihren eigenen Instrumenten teilnehmen.
nal (Ω) ist ein Projekt, das klangliche Ereignisse in menschlicher und nicht-menschlicher Gestalt vermittelt, während deren Ausmaße, Menge, Medien, Stimmungen und Körper vergänglich sind.
Darüber hinaus wird die Ausstellung Besers ein 90er-Jahre-DJ-Set präsentieren, das verspricht, alle Tanzbeine schwingen zu lassen. Geben auch Sie sich dem Beat hin!
For more information: https://wohlmut.org
Lift Off Global Network Sessions, Vimeo On Demand (16-30 January, 2023)
Deniz Beser’s short movie ”Similarities of Differences” has passed the selection in category of Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions January 2023 and will be screened at Lift Off Global Network Sessions. The festival will be live on Vimeo On Demand for two weeks: 16th – 30th January.
For more information: https://liftoff.network
Tuzla Film Festival, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (21-25 October, 2022)
Deniz Beser’s short movie ”Similarities of Differences” has passed the selection in category of Future Generation Short Films and will be screened at Tenth edition of Tuzla Film Festival. This year’s Tuzla Film Festival will be held both live and online from 21st to 25th October of 2022 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
For more information: https://tuzlafilmfestival.com
Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair – Online Edition 2022 (11 August – 25 August)
Deniz Beser will be organising the Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair’s Online Edition.
Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair welcomes artists, publishers, and other creative people on August 11th to share their stories, knowledge, and love of zines and art books. For 2 weeks, 105 exhibitors from 37 countries will present their publications in the virtual fair. Fanzineist Vienna takes place as an online fair this year to attract the attention of a wider, global audience. Online visitors have the opportunity to see more than +400 publications in a 3D Gallery. The virtual exhibitions continue till 11th September on fanzineist.com.
Fanzineist Vienna, which brings together small and independent publishers, has set itself the goal of making zines and art books more accessible to its audience through exhibitions, workshops and lectures whilst introducing newcomers to the culture of self-publication. In addition, concerts and video streams across platforms are offered to visitors.
Mini Zine Archive From Turkey, Kijosk, Vienna, Austria (29 June – 13 July, 2022)
Kijosk is a showroom aiming to support, promote and showcase printmakers, illustrators and artists. Kijosk, which will also host various events such as workshops and talks, opens with the Mini Fanzine Archive exhibition from Turkey.
Mini zine exhibition
curated by Deniz Beser, displays some selected zines and other forms of self publications from Turkey, going back to the 1990s to today.
“Istanbul had a rich heritage of independent publishing from the 1990s. If the London-based 1970s punk zine Sniffin’ Glue was an international milestone, Istanbul’s were Mondo Thrasho and Laneth. These DIY publications took different aesthetic routes and were claimed by different scenes, but both started with the same idea.*” In Turkey, that same idea is still going on and growing up with different approaches and interests on zines. Turkey has a long tradition of censorship but Zines are documents and snapshots of society without the censored voice.
Zines / Artists: Mondo Trasho, Nase Zine, Çizgi Fanzin, Heyt be! Fanzin, Deniz Beşer, Sedef Karakaş / Bir Monster Sevdim, Reptilians From Andromeda, ⅖ BZ / Güzel, Ünderground, Arzu Arısoy / IEKA News, Dinçer Dökümcü, Erdem Varol, Suimasen Turkey, Rakısquad, İbrahim Karakütük, Why Has Nobody Noticed This, Fanzineist Vienna, Mirror Selfieholic, Paslı Teneke and many more…
Opening: 29 June, 2022 // 18:00 – 22:00
Exhibition Dates: 29 June – 13 July, 2022
Visiting hours: 16:00 – 20:00
Adress: Wild im West – Mariahilferstraße 166, 1150 Vienna
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/482341500323409
New This Week Collection, saatchiart.com (11 July – 18 July, 2022)
Deniz Beser’s work has been chosen to be featured in the upcoming New This Week Collection on Saatchi Art’s homepage. You can preview the collection here:
https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/New-This-Week-07-11-2022/153961/684197/view
The feature will go live on Monday, July 11th, 2022
Mauvaise impression, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, France (29 April – 10 June 2022) (Exhibition)
Heyt be! Fanzin is the part of the exhibition at Gallerie Art & Essai in Rennes, France
The punk movement had a profound impact on cultural circles: music, fashion, photography, zines. Although the roots of the protest date back to the Middle Ages (if we are to believe Greil Marcus), punk is forever associated with images that have unfortunately become stereotypes today. However, these stereotypes, particularly graphic and thematic, will be taken up by different movements, in particular feminists, which will give them a new lease of life. Today, we must do justice to punk for the wind of revolt that it blew on contemporary creation. Whether it is photography, installation, or publishing, contemporary creation owes a certain aesthetic of the margins to punk. Marge as themes: industrial wastelands, illegal concerts, wild feminist posting… Marge as a medium: micro-publishing, photocopying, screen printing, painting on newspapers… Margin as graphics: tears, random inking, sometimes illegible handwriting, collage…
This exhibition therefore sets out to place punk in its context, through works of art, new creations and zines: what it owes to the art of the 1960s to 1990s, what it generated in the 1970s and 1980s, and what he sowed in contemporary art.
For more information: https://galerie-art-et-essai.univ-rennes2.fr/mauvaise-impression-heritage-et-continuite-du-punk/
Vienna Comix, METAHall, Vienna, Austria (14-15 May, 2022) (Fair)
Deniz Beser / Heyt be! Fanzin will be one of the exhibitors at Vienna Comix.
Visiting Hours:
Saturday 14. May 12-18 Uhr
Sunday 15. May 10-16 Uhr
Venue: METAHall der METAStadt : Dr.-Otto-Neurath-Gasse 3, 1220 Vienna
For more information: https://viennacomix.at
Kreuzung / Junction, Wohlmut, Vienna, Austria (23-28 April, 2022) (Exhibition)
For more information: wohlmut.org
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