Mariana Castillo Deball

Mariana Castillo Deball
Never odd or even
Size varies, max. 170 × 240 mm
30 Covers, 24 b/w, 6 color
English/Spanish/Portuguese/French
ISBN 978-3-00-035970-5

Volume II is an anthology of 30 dust jackets of non-existing books. A compilation of 30 titles in one single publication! Join us in this literary journey throughout different topics and subject matters ranging from: unpublished memories, tropical manifestations, intragenealogy, Why the letter E is everywhere?, the taste of truth, the aroma of existence, contemporary ruins, conversations between a cardinal and a roadrunner bird, and more! Never odd or Even is a project by Mariana Castillo Deball with contributions by Mario Bellatin, Koen Brams, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Santiago da Silva, Tim Etchells, Carla Faesler, Dario Gamboni, Dora García, Moosje Goosen, 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 and Eva Meyer, Sergio Taborda and Heriberto Yépez. Published on the occasion of the exhibition NEVER ODD OR EVEN at GRIMMUSEUM, Berlin and Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde. Curated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen and co-produced by GRIMMUSEUM, Berlin.

NEVER ODD OR EVEN (e-book)


NEVER ODD OR EVEN Storytelling.
An e-book against contemporary flatness of language and on the occasion of the exhibition NEVER ODD OR EVEN – A text-spaced exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, 14.01.-01.04.2012.

The e-book contains an in-depth interview with Mexican artist Mariana Castillo Deball (Documenta 2012) and curator Solvej Helweg Ovesen as well as Pablo Pijnappel by Mette Woller, and a conversation between Janos Fodor and Mario Margani. Artists: Rosa Barba, Mariana Castillo Deball, Nanna Debois Buhl & Brendan Fernandes, Simon Evans, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, János Fodor, Lise Harlev, Ferdinand Kriwet, Ján Mančuška, Ciprian Mureşan, Henrik Olesen, Pablo Pijnappel, Adam Pendleton, Sebastían Romo, Tris Vonna-Michell, Dmitry Vilensky, Phillip Zach.
Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen

NEVER ODD OR EVEN (exhibition shown earlier at GRIMMUSEUM, Berlin 01.10-20.11.2011)


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Rosa Barba (DE/ITA), Erick Beltrán (MEX), Nanna Debois Buhl (DK), Mariana Castillo Deball (MEX), Simon Evans (UK), Brendan Fernandes (KE), Peter Fischli & David Weiss (CH), János Fodor (HU), Lise Harlev (DK), Ferdinand KRIWET (DE), Ján Mančuška (SK), Tris Vonna-Mitchell (GB), Ciprian Mureşan (RO), Henrik Olesen (DK), Pablo Pijnappel (FR), Adam Pendleton (USA), Sebastián Romo (MEX), Dmitry Vilensky (Chto Delat?) (RUS), Phillip Zach (DE)
Curated by:
Solvej Helweg Ovesen (DK)

Never odd or even is a text-spaced exhibition that unfolds in mental and architectural chapters through perspectives created by textual artworks. The artworks presented derive from Concrete Poetry, Dadaist and Futurist Manifestos, as well as techniques of mind mapping. The exhibition is shaped as a book, formatted in spatial chapters that invite the visitors to become the co-authors. Imaginary space is rendered tangible through text and movement. Artworks appear as wall texts, projections, spoken, enacted and filmed prose, activating the architectural space in ways that amplify the meaning of the words and the worlds inside. 

The point of departure of the exhibition and its title is the legendary book and performance project, Never odd or even, 2005–2011, by Berlin-based artist Mariana Castillo Deball. Her project consists of ‘a book of unwritten books,’ 30 book covers designed by creative producers selected by the artist and published as one book. A new volume of the Never odd or even book has been made and published (by Bom dia boa tarde boa noite) for this exhibition. The imagined content of these ‘unwritten books’ will be performed during the exhibition both in Berlin and Roskilde by well-known authors, poets, theoreticians, and artists. 

NEVER ODD OR EVEN (performance)

Sophie Goltz (DE), Ingo Niermann (DE) and Phillip Zach (DE) invent, enact and read a selection of the book covers as part of Mariana Castillo Deballs’ project.
Grimmuseum, 22 October 2011 at 8 pm
http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/never-odd-or-even-a-text-spaced-exhibition/

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