Come along to the soft opening of ABC CHOP and to welcome ABC members for the start of their residency on Saturday, 16th of August from 6-9 pm.
ABC CHOP is a collaboration between ABC [Artists’ Books Cooperative] and ACRE to establish a temporary “book shop”. The Chop will be a one-month performative residency taking place over August and September 2025, where ABC members will organise a series of curated happenings such as talks, gatherings and performances taking place within the “book shop”. ABC CHOP interrogates the role of the book and also presents bookworks and other multiples that are often overlooked or untraceable within the social, economic and geographic constraints of the contemporary art market.
BASIC NEEDS, a reference to a British product line of the same name, in which simple household necessities from electrical fuses to sewing needles are made available by the company to local shops across the country. Arranged on metal stands and easily recognisable through their distinct, minimalist packaging, the BASIC NEEDS products are almost works of art themselves and have inspired several artists over time. Each ABC member was invited to submit something that considers, interrogates, plays on or with the idea of “basic need” especially within a transactional environment such as a shop or the broader consumer societies we all live in.
- Residencies ABC [Artists’ Books Cooperative]