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'ACT 1: ÆROLITHE ILLUSION'

Fourthwall Books is pleased to host the presentation of 'ACT 1: ÆROLITHE ILLUSION', a limited edition publication by the Bureau de Cinéma Africain (ABC).

Book launch
7 December, 2 pm

ABC, a project of Bridget Baker and Bianca Baldi, researches the dual character of the film image that encompasses both actuality and illusion. Through their ‘restagings’, ABC investigates the logic of illusion in cinema. 'ACT 1: ÆROLITHE ILLUSION' is ABC’s first publication, and is an extension of their film installation of the same name exhibited at GoetheonMain in Johannesburg in 2013.

The film installation makes reference to the autobiography of the American magician Carl Hertz, 'A Modern Mystery Merchant', in which Hertz records his first trip to South Africa in 1896. Hertz brought a cinematograph and 5 films to Johannesburg, projecting these alongside his levitation act, 'The ÆROLITHE ILLUSION', at the Empire Theatre of Varieties on the corner of Fox and Ferreira Streets. ABC uses film stills from the films Hertz projected as well as images of the magical act of levitation, imaginatively transmitting, through re-enactment, Hertz’s scenes of levitation and suspension.

07 December 2013 - 07 January 2014

'POV Female Johannesburg: Five female photographers / Five books'

Fourthwall Books launches 'POV Female Johannesburg', the latest offering from the London based designer and curator Damien Poulain, founder of oodee.

POV Female Johannesburg presents the work of Nadine Hutton, Tracy Edser, Alexia Webster, Nontsikelelo Veleko and Lisa King in five limited edition publications of 100 copies each. A selection of each the photographer's work will be exhibited as part of the launch.
POV Female aims to promote the work of five young female photographers based in five different cities worldwide. Previous editions include London and Tokyo. Johannesburg is third in the series with Buenos Aires and New York still to come.

10:30am to 2pm

25 May 2013 - 25 May 2013

Edition: Shop Launch

Edition is a space for books and objects; for thinking and talking about the making—manufacture, production, reproduction, distribution, in small and large quantities, limited or unlimited editions—of books and objects, and, possibly, about other serious subjects. Edition is a project of Fourthwall Books and The Library.

JOHANNESBURG LAUNCH AND SIGNING: 11am, Saturday 23 February

NO, IT IS
William Kentridge

NO, IT IS, a new flipbook by William Kentridge, contains 280 drawings from a series of approximately 500 drawings made over three months. The flipbook was launched in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the Goodman Gallery in Cape Town. The 280 drawings in NO, IT IS were made on the pages of old, found books and also feature in three films shown at the exhibition.

23 February 2013 - 28 February 2013