Never Odd or Even, Volume I

Marres, Center for contemporary art, Maastricht, NL

December 12, 2004 - January 23, 2005

Curated by Frédérique Bergholtz, published by Revolver

An anthology of dust jackets of nonexisting books. A compilation of 24 titles in one single publication! A literary journey throughout different topics and subject matters: archaeology, contemporary gardening, magic, history of technology, mysticism, tourist guides, autobiography, archival techniques, monuments in motion, and more!

In a second stage of this project, the content of the book titles is unraveled through a series of live performances from writers, artists, and the rists, each invited to respond to one of the titles in the compendium. Speakers have the freedom to invent the possible content of the chosen title. Throughout this process, a collection of different ideas, performances, and texts are built up around the series.

The aim of Never Odd or Even is to develop a collaborative method by which distribution i not a final stage, but a central part of the process. Distribution is understood as a way to occupy or invade different contexts. Each project allows multiple and diverse objects to work as performative devices. The importance lies in how these devices are disseminated, and how they can generate a territory. Never Odd or Even is a metaphor for understanding the way the small becomes huge, symbolizing both dissolution and community.

“A gesture that is repeated in different contexts” “An explosion of meaning that reaches several  points; every particle ends up somewhere else coming back with a new shape”

 

Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, Frankfurt am Main, 2005. With contributions by Gabriela Aguileta, Binna Choi, Ricardo Cuevas, Hubert Czerepok, Daniela Franco, Heidi Lynn Ganshaw, Alexander Komarov, Irene Kopelman, Susanne Krieman, Alexandra Leykauf, Raimundas Malašauskas, Miguel Monroy, Brian O’Connell, David Puig, Manuel Raeder, Sebastián Romo, Steve Rushton und Gabriela Torres Mazuera

Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005.

Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005.

Spread Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005

Spread Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005

Spread Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005

Spread Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005

Spread Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005

Spread Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Never Odd or Even at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, 2005

Never odd or even, 2005

Collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

Collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

Collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

Collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Book launch at Marres, centrum voor actuele beeldende kunst, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never odd or even, 2005

collection of handheld slide-viewers, tangram tables

Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Never Odd or Even, Volume II

A text spaced exhibition curated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen

10 October - 20 November, 2011 Grimmuseum

published by BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE, Berlin, 2011

Reading Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2011

Ana Teixeira Pinto, Armando Andrade Tudela, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany

Never Odd or Even, Volume II, reading

Grimmmuseum, Berlin, Germany, 2012

Reading Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2011

Sophie Goltz, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany

Tangram tables with books from Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2011

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2012

Museum of contemporary art, Roskilde, Denmark

Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2005

Mariana Castillo Deball, Daniela Franco, Steve Rushton

Book launch at Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2011

Ingo Niermann, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2012

Museum of contemporary art, Roskilde, Denmark

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume I, Revolver, 2006

Kirsten Fuchs, Katrin Solhdju, Jan Wagner, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume II

dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, 2012

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume II

dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, 2012

Reading: Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2012

Museum of contemporary art, Roskilde, Denmark

Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

Publication, 30 Dust Jackets

With contributions by Mario Bellatin, Koen Brams,  Abraham Cruzvillegas, Santiago da Silva, Tim Etchells, Carla Faesler, Dario Gamboni, Dora García, MoosjeGoo en, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Pascale Montandon, Irene Kopelman, Adriana Lara, Pablo León de la Barra, Jesse Lerner, Juana Lomeli, Valeria Luiselli, Raimundas Malašauskas, Antoni Muntadas, Sophie Nys, Manuel Raeder, Eran Schaerf und / and Eva Meyer, Sergio Taborda and Heriberto Yépez

Cover Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

Publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

Publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Spread Never odd or even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 dust jackets

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publication, 30 dust jackets

Spread Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Spread Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Spread Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Spread Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Spread Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Spread Never Odd or Even Volume II, 2012

publication, 30 Dust Jackets

Tangram tables with books from Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2011

Tangram tables with books from Never Odd or Even, Volume II, 2011