liquid memories~to read with water

A one-day event at Borough Rd Gallery and editorial lab
for readers to create their own liquid memories edition

In May 2022, mobile strategies (of display & mediation, aka msdm) incubated and hosted a one-day event at the Borough Road Gallery, intersecting three experimental publishing projects – 'liquid memories,' 'road less travelled press vol.0/1' and 'photobook popup,' representing distinctive modes of collective publishing.

'Liquid memories ~ to read with water,' developed with 23 co-authors, through a commission and residency (Jan - Mar 2021), displayed the contributions in a live editorial lab installation. Visitors were invited to create their own ‘liquid memories,’ by selecting from the 55 unbound sections – including pamphlets, posters, cards and photographs – and compiling their customised photobook, an individual constellation of printed matter from the exhibition installation. Each reader took from 40 minutes to 2 hours to complete the process, which included creating the clear enclosure, printing it with a unique monotype of acrylic gold, folding and cutting specific sections, registering the edition number and signing their own “original copy.”

More about the publication here [+]