Tekstallianse Publishing Academy 23.–25. januar 2026
I samarbeid med gjestekurator Scott Elliott arrangerer vi den andre utgaven av Tekstallianse Publishing Academy for unge kunstnere, forfattere og kulturarbeidere i Vestland. Programmet går over tre dager i januar, hvor vi skal jobbe, dele måltider og utvikle nye verk sammen.
Noen viktige tema for workshopene er være fanzineproduksjon og arbeid med å presentere politisk engasjement gjennom tekst, lesing og bilder. I løpet av de tre dagene vil gruppen sammen utvikle en tematisk kunstbok- eller zinemesse, og formatene vil være en tverrfaglig kombinasjon av tekstproduksjon, poesi, zineproduksjon og utstillingspraksis.
Søk eller tips noen du tror kan være interessert!
Søknadsfrist: Send et kort motivasjonsbrev til anne@tekstallianse.org innen 9. desember. Søkere mellom 18 og 25 år vil bli prioritert, men ta gjerne kontakt uansett om du er interessert. Fullstendig presentasjon under.
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Spread out over three days in January, the second edition of the Tekstallianse Publishing Academy continues with a series of workshops, engaging on both a material and discursive level. The collectively developed project will take place at USF Visningsrommet and will utilise the exhibition spaces through presentation, readings, gatherings and a public presentation on the final day.
The Tekstallianse Publishing Academy will take the form of a three-day production and festival-style event that brings together young independent publishers, first-time makers, and politically engaged artists and writers to share work, develop skills, and build solidarity through print. The fair will have a core thematic of mutual aid and resistance, looking to amplify activist content through publishing in its multiple forms.
The project will culminate in a one-day public presentation that will incorporate exhibition of the produced material, spoken word performances and catering for all, providing a welcoming space for the public to engage with the participants and their publications directly.
The summer school will be facilitated by Ciara Phillips, Ann-Kristin Stølan from Pamflett, and guest curator Scott Elliott, and will take place from January 23nd until January 25th.
To secure a place at the Tekstallianse Publishing Academy, please submit a short motivation letter to anne@tekstallianse.org by December 9th. Applicants between 18 and 25 years will be prioritized, but we encourage you to get in touch with us regardless of age if you are interested.
If you are in need of travel support or accomodation, let us know, and we will try to find a way to support you.
The Tekstallianse Publishing Academy is free to attend, made possible thanks to generous support from Kulturdirektoratet.
About the tutors and collaborators:
Ciara Phillips
Ciara Phillips is a Canadian/Irish artist based in Bergen, Norway, since 2022. She studied Fine Art at Queen’s University (BFA, Hons.) in Kingston, Canada, and at Glasgow School of Art (MFA) before establishing her studio in Glasgow in 2004.
Phillips’ process-lead approach to working with print, has gained her international recognition for both her individual and collaborative work in the field of contemporary art. She has worked as an educator and as an artist in community contexts since the late 1990s, and her long-term artwork, Workshop (2010–)–which engages people of all ages and backgrounds in thinking-through-making with her – has been exhibited widely in public institutions. Phillips is the initiator of several collaborative projects including: Poster Club (with Anne-Marie Copestake, Charlie Hammond, Nicolas Party, Tom O’Sullivan and Michael Stumpf, 2010-17); Press Room (2019) and Åpent Trykkeri (2018–2019). Her work has been exhibited at: The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; TATE Britain, London; Benaki Museum, Athens; Kunsthall Stavanger and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia as part of the Sydney Biennale. In 2014, Phillips was one of four nominees for the Turner Prize, the UK’s most publicised art award, and in 2020 she received the world’s leading award for graphic art, The Queen Sonja Print Award. For her work with Anne Crilly, Sara Greavu and Margo Harkin on Derry Film and Video Workshop, she was jointly awarded Irish Women of the Year: Arts & Design in 2024.
She is currently Professor in Fine Art at The Art Academy: Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Bergen.
Pamflett
Pamflett mediates artists’ publications with exhibitions, art book fairs, workshops, launches, talks and other events since 2011, and is a self-publishing workshop and mediation space for artists’ books in Bergen, Norway.
The self-publishing workshop runs on risographs, and are available for Bergen based artists to come and use. Pamflett is a self-publishing workshop and mediation space in Bergen, Norway. We also organize the annual Bergen Art Book Fair. Pamflett is also part of Norsk Risoforening and Kiosken Studio.
Scott Elliott
Scott Elliott is a curator, publisher and writer based in Bergen and Athens. He currently holds a curatorial position at Hordaland Kunstsenter and has previously held the position of Live Program Curator at Bergen Kunsthall. He operates the publishing project Coda Press and has developed curatorial projects independently via the project, Weekend Server (2017–Present). His second novel Slippery was recently published by Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo in 2022 on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Jeg Kaller Det Kunst’.
