Thursday, April 11

PLAZA STAGE

The evening will feature live performances by Asmara, Eartheater, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, presented by Mount Analog.

UNDER THE SUN

6–9pm
Camille Henrot x Wide Rainbow Logo Launch

6–9pm
Launch of Wide Rainbow Library, curated by Sparkle Nation Book Club: Precious Okoyomon, Gabrielle Rucker, and Diamond Stingily

SIGNINGS & LAUNCHES
(Each location indicated by booth number)

P27, 6pm
Launch of DUI by Tara Booth and NOGOZINE by Antoine Eckart. Presented by Colorama.

O08, 7pm
Signing of Horses Are Blue by Iris de Moüy. Presented by Chose Commune.

H12, 7pm
Signing of Caribbean Pirate and Aftermath by Paul and Damon McCarthy. Presented by Hauser & Wirth Publishers and Hesse Press.

L37, 7pm
Launch and signing of Blank Sign Book by Anne Lesley Selcer. Presented by Wolfman Books.

M11, 7pm
Launch and Signing of Playlist by Suzanne McClelland. Presented by Space Sisters Press.

O15, 7:30pm
Signing of The Pillar by Stephen Gill.

G02, 8pm
Launch and signing of Movie Life by Richard Edson. Presented by Bywater Bros Editions.

P43, 8pm
Launch of DO I HAVE SELF ESTEEM? by Alex Schauwecker. Presented by Hakuin-Verlag.

Friday, April 12

THE CLASSROOM

1–2pm
Ways of Hearing, with Damon Krukowski and Matthew Browne

2–3pm
Non-Terminal Education and Post-Linear Curricula: Rethinking Structures of Higher Education in (Graphic) Design, with Yasmin Khan, Jessica Wexler, Adam Feldmeth, Joe Potts, and Masood Kamandy

3–4pm
Queering as Praxis as Pedagogy, with Nicole Killian, Jerome Harris, Kelsey Elder, and Christina Webb

4–5pm
Designing the Scriptural Economy, with Ali S. Qadeer

5–6pm
NEWS!#2. Domestic Orbits, with Frida Escobedo, Xavier Nueno, and León Muñoz Santini

6–7pm
Conversion Therapy: Making Movies into Books and Back Again, with Mariah Garnett, William E. Jones, Nguyen Tan Hoang, and Brontez Purnell

PLAZA STAGE

The evening will feature special live performances presented by Printed Matter, with Noah Klein.

1pm
Ang Wilson + Pauline Lay

2pm
Jazzy Romero

3pm
Emily Reo

4pm
Dustin Wong + Takako Minekawa

5pm
Carlos Niño

6pm
Noise Heals

UNDER THE SUN
Presented by Printed Matter and Wide Rainbow

10am–12pm
Castelar Elementary School, with Ann Greene Kelly

1–3pm
Diego Rivera Learning Complex, with Wendy Yao

3–4pm
Talking Turkey by John Baldessari. Presented by Small Press / Westreich Wagner.

4–6pm
Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA), with Milano Chow

SIGNINGS & LAUNCHES
(Each location indicated by booth number)

P27, 2pm
Launch of Zombie Girls by Lucie Lučanská. Presented by Colorama.

O15, 2:00 pm
Signing of The Pillar and other titles by Stephen Gill.

O16, 2pm
Signing of Bushes and Succulents by Mona Kuhn. Presented by STANLEY/BARKER.

G01, 2pm
Signing of a new print by Heather Benjamin. Presented by Kayrock Screenprinting.

I03, 3pm
Signing of Vanishing Wave by Devandra Banhart. Presented by Anteism Books.

M11, 3pm
Launch of Amoria by Linnea Kniaz. Presented by Space Sisters Press.

L08, 3pm
Launch and signing of Tarot, $$$, and Street Spirit: New York by Oswaldo García. Presented by Gold Rain.

B02, 4pm
Signing of Grey Organization: Cork Street Attack (21st May, 1985) by Toby Mott. Presented by Arcana: Books on the Arts.

L17, 5pm
Signing of Fachstelle and Contact by Michael Günzburger. Presented by Edition Taube and Edition Patrick Frey.

H01, 5pm
Signing of The Road by Ross Goodwin, writer of writer. Presented by Jean Boîte Éditions.

R64, 5pm
Launch of Can Can Friends Vol. 02 with contributions from Zebu, Molly Dogson and Colin Doerfler. Presented by Can Can Press.

O09, 5pm
Signing of Heavy III by Sam Contis and Matthew Genitempo. Presented by The Heavy Collective.

P92, 5pm
Signing of If Our President Was An Ordinary Man by Nikita Shokhov. Presented by Samopal Books.

M02, 6pm
Launch of Etiquette of the Arms Trade by Jill Gibbon. Presented by Beam Editions.

P28, 6pm
Signing of An Atlas of Outer Space by Alice Wang. Presented by Sming Sming Books.

O42, 6pm
Signing of Sinking Stone by Cristiano Volk. Presented by Witty Kiwi. ︎ Add to Calendar

G04, 6pm
Launch of Reproductions Direct From Papers by Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson. Presented by Multinational Enterprises.

G09, 6:30pm
Launch and signing of Gerontion by Christian Michael Filardo. Presented by UCLA Collective: D|MA & IS.

OFFSITE PROGRAMS

NTS Gallery, 977 Chung King Road, 8–11pm
Launch of The Beautiful Flower is the World by Jerry Hsu. Presented by Anthology Editions.

LAABF Afterhours Upstairs at Ace Hotel DTLA, 9pm
Endless Editions hosts an evening featuring DJ sets from BLKHISTORYMONTH & Alex Shen

Saturday, April 13

THE CLASSROOM

11am–12pm
Sun Seekers: The Cure of California, with Lyra Kilston

12–1pm
Conceptual Art in a Curatorial Perspective: Between Dematerialization and Documentation, with Nathalie Zonnenberg, Glenn Philips, and Maria Nordman, with a contribution by the Werkplaats Typografie. Moderated by David Senior.

1–2pm
DuBoisian Double Consciousness Then and Now and the Reader on Reparations, with Kandis Williams

2–3pm
COLOPHON, with George Herms and Sarah Bancroft

3–4pm
Greez: I like, I wish, I wonder: Possibilities and fantasies for poc/qpoc designers, with Ramon Tejada (he/him), Silas Munro (he/him or she/her), Mary Lai (she/her), Gerardo Madera (he/him), Son Kit (they/them), Linda Zeb Hang (she/her), Yuri Ogita (she/her), and Rin Kim (they/them)

4–5pm
Color Theory, with Maya Gomez, Vreni Michelini Castillo, Leila Weefur, Vivian Sming, and Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

5–6pm
Shorts II, with Early Shinada, Emily Stebbins, and Pacoima Techno (Aarum Alatorre & Pedro Alejandro Verdin)

6–7pm
CSSC/DADDA Flicker, 2015 - 201, with Paul and Damon McCarthy

CABC: Art Book LA: Los Angeles as inspiration and generation of artists’ books, editions, and zines

Tateuchi Lab at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 4pm

This keynote and plenary session looks into Los Angeles as a muse and site of artists’ books and their dissemination and production. Keynote by Hamza Walker, followed by a plenary session with Devin Troy Strother and Yuri Ogita of Coloured Publishing, and Wendy Yao of Ooga Booga. Moderated by Farris Wahbeh.

PLAZA STAGE
(Special live performances presented by KCHUNG Radio)

11am
Sangwoo (DJ)

11:30am
Spazio Libero (DJ)

12pm
Wave (DJ)

12:30pm
Spaceship Earth (DJ)

1pm
Nicholas Phillips

1:30pm
And Soul (DJ)

2pm
JDende

2:30pm
Kern & Chloe (DJ)

3pm
dimber

3:30pm
Ghostlyfox (DJ)

4pm
Gun Outfit

4:30pm
Artzenkraft (DJ)

4:45pm
Air Traffic Control Quartet

5:15pm
Artzenkraft (DJ)

5:30pm
alphabets

6pm
Artzenkraft (DJ)

6:10pm
Sobbing Honey

6:30pm
Jerome (DJ)

UNDER THE SUN
(Presented by Printed Matter and Wide Rainbow)

11am–12pm
Drawing Hilma af Klint

1–3pm
Downtown Women’s Center, with Melissa Cody

4–6pm
Open workshop, with Alake Shilling

SIGNINGS & LAUNCHES
(Each location indicated by booth number)

G08, 11am
Meet and Greet with Catherine Opie. Presented by MOCA.

A05, 12pm
Signing of Kalifornia Kool: Photographs 1976-1982 with Ruby Ray. Presented by Artbook Bookstore.

H14, 12pm
Signing of Reclamation Island by Amy Bessone. Presented by The Pit. ︎ Add to Calendar

P59, 12:30pm
Signing of Watercolors by Ariel Dill. Presented by Miniature Garden.

P28, 1pm
Signing of Between Beauty & Horror by Leila Weefur. Presented by Sming Sming Books.

A05, 1pm
Signing of Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 1918-1989 with Manfred Heiting and signing of The Unreal Real with Liza Ryan. Presented by Artbook Bookstore.

H14, 1pm
Signing of Destroy Bad Thoughts Not People by Trinie Dalton. Presented by The Pit.

L37, 1pm
Launch and signing of Blank Sign Book by Anne Lesley Selcer. Presented by Wolfman Books.

R45, 1pm
Launch of Whiz World, Issue 4: HELLMOUTH. Presented by A Magic Mountain.

A04, 1pm
Signing of Devendra Banhart: I Left My Noodle on Ramen Street by Devendra Banhart. Presented by DelMonico Books.

R62, 1pm
Signing of Yolked by Jacques Beas. Presented by Soft City.

A01, 2pm
Signing of How to Shoplift Books by David Horvitz. Presented by Printed Matter and Edition Taube.

O01, 2pm
Launch and signing of Your Town Tomorrow by Corine Vermeulen. Presented by Spaces Corners.

O08, 2pm
Signing of Dandaka by Vasantha Yogananthan. Presented by Chose Commune.

O25, 2pm
Signing of Stiya by Cole Barash. Presented by Deadbeat Club.

O12, 2pm
Signing of Ha Ha Happiness by Ryan Lowry. Presented by VUU Studio.

H08, 2pm
Signing of Zach Harris. Presented by David Kordansky Gallery.

A04, 2pm
Signing of It Speaks to Me: Art that Inspires Artists by Jori Finkel and Suzanne Lacy: We Are Here, Suzanne Lacy’s SFMoMA catalog. Presented by DelMonico Books.

L01, 2pm
Signing of Anthony Pearson. Presented by Inventory Press.

O09, 2pm
Launch of The Reflection in the Pool by Shane Rocheleau. Presented by Gnomic Book.

G02, 2pm
Signing of Teenage Riot by Fumi Nagasaka. Presented by Bywater Bros. Editions.

A05, 2pm
Signing of Oh Man with Lise Sarfati. Presented by Artbook Bookstore.

M02, 2pm
Launch and signing of Equilibrio: Linda Karshan – Art, Architecture and Sacred Geometry in conversation by Richard Davey. Presented by Beam Editions.

P59, 2pm
Launch of Miniature Garden / Situations Drawing Hilma af Klint Coloring T-Shirt with Jackie Klempay. Presented by Miniature Garden.

P45, 2pm
Launch of NAT vs. CIV by Veronica Graham. Presented by Most Ancient.

L13, 2:30pm
Signing of Golden Ghosts by Jim Mangan. Presented by Silent Sound. ︎ Add to Calendar

L30, 3pm
Signing of The Wandering Lake by Patty Chang. Presented by Dancing Foxes Press.

A05, 3pm
Signing of Tangentially Parenthetical with Ed Templeton and signing of The Swimming Pool with Deanna Templeton. Presented by Artbook Bookstore.

H08, 3pm
Signing of Slaves and Humans by Ruby Neri, exhibition catalogue. Presented by David Kordansky Gallery.

M08, 3pm
Launch of Aporia by Andrew Waits. Presented by Dalpine.

M11, 3pm
Signing of 5 Posters by Jenny Monick. Presented by Space Sisters Press.

L34, 3pm
Signing of Hello Leonora, Soy Anne Walsh by Anne Walsh. Presented by no place press.

P27, 3pm
Signing of Laying In the Long Grass by Jack Taylor. Presented by Colorama and Jack Taylor.

O15, 3pm
Signing of The Pillar and other titles by Stephen Gill.

P12, 3pm
Launch and signing of Thee Almighty & Insane Volume II: Chicago Gang Business Cards from the 1960s & 1970s by Brandon Johnson. Presented by Almighty & Insane Books.

O09, 3pm
Signing of Abendlied by Birthe Piontek. Presented by Gnomic Book.

R54, 3pm
Signing of Unfortunate Male by John Hanning. Presented by Raw Meat Collective.

G09, 3pm
Launch of Any empty liquor bottles for sale? by Huamin Wen. Presented by UCLA
Collective: D|MA & IS.

N05, 3pm
Signing and Launch of Morph by Polly Borland. Presented by Perimeter Editions.

E, 3pm
Signing of Making Pictures with Generative Adversarial Networks by Casey Reas. Presented by Anteism / Artists + Machine Intelligence (A+MI).

P66, 4pm
Signing and trading of zines and books by Ricardo Lozano. Presented by A Love Token.

A05, 4pm
Signing of Our Ideas with Adam Pendleton. Presented by Artbook Bookstore.

H01, 4pm
Signing of Touch the Sky with your Eye by David Horowitz. Presented by Jean Boîte Éditions.

O09, 4pm
Launch of Calle Tredici Martiri by Jason Koxvold. Presented by Gnomic Book.

O09, 4pm
Limited edition poster signing with Molly Matalon. Presented by Palm* Studios.

P66, 4pm
Signing and zine/book trade with Ricardo Lozano. Presented by A Love Token.

M02, 4pm
Launch of Dear Nature by John Newling. Presented by Beam Editions.

A05, 5pm
Signing of Poolscapes with Karine Laval. Presented by Artbook Bookstore.

P66, 5pm
Signing of zines by Chris Velez. Presented by A Love Token.

G04, 5pm
Launch of Collected Good and Bad Ideas by Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson. Presented by Multinational Enterprises.

G06, 5pm
Signing of Vida de Plutón by Luz A. Santana. Presented by Pequeño Pato Salvaje.

P66, 5pm
Signing by Chris Velez. Presented by A Love Token.

OFFSITE PROGRAMS

LAABF Afterhours Upstairs at Ace Hotel DTLA, 7:30 pm & 8:30 pm
The Reader’s Chorus performs Emily Joyce’s A Cigar Caught In The Lilies. Presented by Hesse Press
For their performance A Cigar Caught In The Lilies at the Ace Hotel, the Reader’s Chorus will re-interpret and perform Emily Joyce’s visual poetry book of the same name (Hesse Press) as a score for a reading chorus.
(two performances)

Sunday, April 14

THE CLASSROOM

11am–12pm
In Memory of Shannon Michael Cane (1974-2017)

12–1pm
Reunión, an ongoing project by Dani Zelko

1–2pm
Stagelessness, with grupa o.k. (Julian Myers and Joanna Szupinska)

2–3pm
Circus of Books, with Billy Miller and Rachel Mason

3–4pm
Publishing as Activism: Water, Gold, Soil, with Sayler/Morris and Christina Labey. Presented by Sayler/Morris and Conveyor Editions.

4–5pm
The double, shadow, and enemy, with Matilda Tjäder

5–6pm
Nightboat Books reading, with Kazim Ali, Jos Charles, Carlos Lara, Stephen Motika, Eleni Sikelianos, and Stephanie Young

PLAZA STAGE
The evening will feature special live performances presented by Kill Your Idols.

UNDER THE SUN
Presented by Printed Matter and Wide Rainbow

4–5pm
Touch the Sky with your Eye by David Horvitz. Presented by Jean Boîte Éditions.

1–3pm
Downtown Women’s Center, with Jen Shear

SIGNINGS & LAUNCHES
(Each location indicated by booth number)

P88, 12pm
Launch and signing of ‘The Greatest Stories Ever Told’ Thai Language Edition by Ho Tam. Presented by Hotam Press.

P28, 1pm
Signing of Tomorrow Is Yesterday’s Flower by Miller Robinson. Presented by Sming Sming Books.

L26, 1pm
Signing of A Cigar Caught In The Lilies by Emily Joyce. Presented by Hesse Press.

E, 1pm
Signing of Portraits of Imaginary People by Mike Tyka. Presented by Anteism / Artists + Machine Intelligence (A+MI).

P06, 1:30pm
Signing of X-TRA Spring 2019, with Poppy Coles, Nick Herman, Anuradha Vikram, Kate Wolf, and more. Presented by X-TRA Magazine.

O43, 2pm
Signing of Lost: Los Angeles by Aline Smithson. Presented by Kris Graves Projects.

O15, 2pm
Signing of The Pillar and other titles by Stephen Gill.

O25, 2pm
Signing of New Vogue Beauty Salon by Steve Banks. Presented by Deadbeat Club.

A04, 2pm
Signing of Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. by Jerri Allyn and Joey Terrill. Presented by DelMonico Books.

P45, 2pm
Launch of NAT vs. CIV by Veronica Graham. Presented by Most Ancient.

L10, 3pm
Signing of AN ANTIBINARY JOURNAL by Matthew Anderson and contributing artists. Presented by Candor Arts.

O38, 3pm
Signing of Contemporary Suburbium by Ed Templeton & Deanna Templeton. Presented by twelvebooks.

O43, 3pm
Signing of Middle Distance…: Photographs from Los Angeles by Isaac Diggs. Presented by Kris Graves Projects.

H01, 4pm
Signing of Bob a job is a job is a job by Amalia Ulman. Presented by Jean Boîte Éditions.

G06, 4pm
Signing of El infinito del cosmos by Estrella Pezo. Presented by Pequeño Pato Salvaje.

O25, 4pm
Signing of Hairdoes of Defiance by Ed Templeton. Presented by Deadbeat Club.

OFFSITE PROGRAMS

Dover Street Market Los Angeles, 10–11am
Please join Printed Matter at Dover Street Market LA to celebrate the LA Art Book Fair with a light breakfast by Rose Bakery.

Dover Street Market Los Angeles, 12–1pm
Dover Street Market LA welcomes Kris Graves, Aline Smithson and Isaac Diggs for the launch of their books and an in-store signing.

XIX Studios, 7pm–12am
LAABF Afterparty by Allied Forces Press & FUZZOSCOPE

Zebulon Cafe Concert, 8pm
Aventures LTD. Press presents a series of performances with artists and exhibitors Felicia Atkinson (Shelter Press), Chris Duncan (Land and Sea/Aventures LTD.), Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (Aventures LTD.), and more!