INTRO
The Artists' Publications Lab at Weserburg Museum offers an international journey into the world of multiplied art by presenting examples from the Center for Artist Publications' collections in a playful manner and contextualizing them historically.
The interactive website opens insights into the universe of artist books, multiples, and graphic works of all kinds, as well as sound art and mail art. Spanning the fascinating, vibrant, diverse, amusing, and thoughtful world of multiplied and published art over the last 80 years, the project presents an alternative perspective—a different narrative of art history.
Key challenges
80 years of multiplied art
interactive digital archive interface
dive in digital mediation program
THE OUTCOME
By employing interactive digital technology, the project makes the collection accessible and engaging for diverse audiences. The playful presentation strategy allows visitors to discover connections between historical artistic practices and contemporary approaches to publication and distribution.
The Artists' Publications Lab is developed as an educational and digital mediation initiative at Weserburg Museum, one of Bremen's leading institutions for contemporary art. The collection encompasses works from the 1960s to present, featuring international examples of artistic publications, multiples, graphic works, sound art, and mail art.
The project Artists' Publications Lab – Education and Digital Mediation is developed as part of dive in., the program for digital interactions of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) under the NEUSTART KULTUR program.
Through this innovative approach, the Artists' Publications Lab reimagines how art historical narratives are told and experienced, highlighting the creative diversity and conceptual richness of artist-led publishing practices across decades and cultures. The digital platform serves as both an archive and a gateway to understanding how artists use publication as a form of artistic expression and cultural intervention.
CREDITS
Project Direction: Weserburg – Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen | Digital Development: Weserburg | Photography: Lukas Klose | Supported by: German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) under NEUSTART KULTUR