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Industry	Arts
Occupation	Curatorial partnership
Location	Edinburgh/ Glasgow
Introduction	JaAliceKlarr at Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) 2010 30th July-3rd September (Mon-Thurs 9.15am -4pm; Fri 10am-4pm) SHELFLIFE: a biblio-sideshow A showcase exhibition of artists’ bookworks curated by JaAliceKlarr projects. Featuring the work of: Katharina Gaenssler,Alex Gross,Lucy Roscoe,Gregor Sailer,Ryan Siegan-Smith and John Stezaker for mono with Showcases by:Analogue Books,Owl & Lion and mono Hosted by eca Library (EAF Venue 19)
Interests	Contemporary Art, Writing and cross-disciplinary collaboration
Favorite movies	AliceKlarr present ShelfLife, a curated mise en abyme of artists' bookworks and (cross-genre) self-published 'exhibitions in print'. The result is a self-reflexive information resource; part archive, part exhibition and part pop-up theatre. JaAliceKlarr are keen to explore the possibilities to transgress the boundaries between the written and the visual. JaAliceKlarr are bibliophiles, with a firm belief in the potential of the printed page to contain and carry a limitless source of invention, imagination and creativity. Comprised of seldom-seen artists' books from the ECA library archives, specially-made bookworks by emergent artists (including JaAliceKlarr's own publication), opuscula, pamphlets and single pages written or devised by artists, ShelfLife aims to represent these formats of work outside of the traditional archival model. This presentation can be seen as an extension of the reading material which is permanently instated in art libraries, and a chance for it to be seen as less peripheral to exhibition-making and to artists' praxis. A projected show-reel of bookworks on film will accompany the exhibition as a means to further question or reinforce the autonomy ofthe book as a carrier of knowledge, even in the digital age. The project is initiated and curated by Kate Andrews under the collaborative identity of JaAliceKlarr projects in order to explore cross-disciplinarity, stemming from an interest in artmaking, writing and a wish to extend this into the realm of 'creative curating'. Part of the 2010 EAF
Favorite music	November 2009: Self-made Cavalcade Neue Kunst aus Schottland at AkademieGalerie, Munich. A group show comprising of work by emerging artists from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Curated by JaAliceKlarr (Kate Andrews & Louise Briggs) the show examines artists’ networks in the wider social scene including their own work as writer/curators. This sharing of artistic identities aims to demonstrate the strong social heritage for collaboration in these cities. The selected artists combine music, performance, video, sound, sculptural props and drawing in an inter-textual and interactive format. The work plays with the concept of what it is to be an artist, through variously theatrical and satirical methods, calling into question any single defining practise in the artist’s armoury of skills.
Favorite books	Featuring the work of: Pio Abad (Glasgow), Sandy Christie (Edinburgh, Darren Farquhar (Edinburgh), Amy Marletta (Glasgow), Stuart Murray (Glasgow), Christian Newby (Glasgow), Petra Pennington (Edinburgh) & Johannes Sailer (Edinburgh)