Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
Between 10th and 11th Avenues
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

Gallery and bookstore hours:
Monday–Saturday, 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Sunday, Closed

Gallery and bookstore closures:
April 28, 2012
May 5, 2012
May 28, 2012
July 4, 2012
September 3, 2012
October 8, 2012
November 22–23, 2012
December 24–25, 2012
December 31, 2012–January 1, 2013

PRINTING SHOW—TKY
Daido Moriyama 
Organized by Ivan Vartanian of Goliga

Ticketed Event:
Friday, November 4, 2:00–4:00 pm
Friday, November 4, 6:00–9:00 pm
Saturday, November 5, 12:00–3:00 pm
Saturday, November 5, 5:00–8:00 pm

Exhibition on view:
Monday, November 7–Saturday, November 12, 2011

PRINTING SHOW is a recreation of Daido Moriyama's 1974 performance of the same name. Following the format of the original performance as closely as possible, in lieu of prints mounted on the gallery walls, visitors to the gallery will find the photographer stationed at a photocopy machine duplicating his photographic prints. As was done forty years ago, these photocopied sheets will be assembled and staple-bound with a silk-screened cover printed in the gallery space during the performance.

In 1974, the ad hoc photobook that resulted from this process, Another Country—New York, featured images from a trip Moriyama had made to New York in 1971. The photobook, which was produced as ephemera for the performance, has since become a rare collector's item. In the 2011 recreation, the work featured will include a selection of images made in Tokyo over the last fifteen years.

Visitors to the gallery will be active collaborators in the photobook-making process. In 1974, the photographer sequenced and collated the photocopied sheets, leaving the choice of silkscreen cover to the visitor. In 2011, the visitor will select, edit, and sequence the sheets of the ad hoc photobook, titled TKY. Visitors will choose from a menu of fifty-four double-sided photocopied sheets that will be on view in the gallery space. Visitors will also make a choice of cover. All copies made during the performance interval will be signed by the photographer.

PRINTING SHOW—TKY embodies and addresses fundamental issues impacting the landscape of photobook publishing, as well as the communication of ideas in a post-digital era.

Daido Moriyama has been publishing and exhibiting his photography since the late 1960s, with a bibliography of over 300 monographs to his name. A major retrospective, Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, originated in 2000 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and subsequently toured internationally to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Japan Society in New York, Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland, and numerous other venues. He is a recipient of the Cultural Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. Exhibitions include a major retrospective, On the Road, presented at the Osaka National Museum of Art from June to October 2011, and William Klein/Daido Moriyama at Tate Modern from October 2012 to January 2013.

This is a ticketed event. Cost of the ticket allows participation in the event PRINTING SHOW and one copy of TKY, a signed and numbered photobook by the artist.

Following the 2 day ticketed event an exhibition of the TKY images will be on view and open to the public.

Presented by Aperture Foundation and organized by Ivan Vartanian of Goliga, PRINTING SHOW—TKY is made possible, in part, with support from David Solo; The Japan Foundation, New York; Hôtel Americano, New York; and Performa 11.

Tickets are available for both day and evening sessions on Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5, 2011. 150 tickets are available per given day. These times are non-transferable.

Purchase includes:
One copy of TKY
Admission to event for two people

TERMS:
1. Tickets are non-refundable.

2. Purchase of one ticket entitles one copy of TKY and admission for up to two people to event session.

3. You or a designated attendee must be physically present in order to receive your book. Each ticket holder will be allowed to purchase one copy ONLY.

4. Tickets for book purchase ONLY are NOT available.

5. Additional copies of TKY may be available for purchase after the event at an increased price. Sign up here to be notified.

6. Attendees are not permitted to bring previously purchased books for signature by Daido Moriyama.

All of the above guidelines will be strictly adhered to; no exceptions allowed.

Call (212) 505-5555 for additional information.

Additional copies of TKY may be available for purchase after the event at an increased price. Sign up here to be notified. 

Click here to purchase tickets to the event Friday, day session 2–4 pm

Click here to purchase tickets to the event Friday, evening session 6–9 pm

Click here to purchase tickets to the event Saturday, day session 12–3 pm

Click here to purchase tickets to the event Saturday, evening session 5–8 pm