COMME des GARÇONS Melbourne BOOK STAND
Presented by Comme des Garçons [Melbourne Store]
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
COMME des GARÇONS Melbourne
13 Somerset Place, Melbourne VIC, Australia
DATES
Thu 15 May 11am – 6pm
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Fri 16 May 11am – 6pm
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Sat 17 May 11am – 6pm
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Sun 18 May 12 – 5pm
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Mon 19 May 11am – 6pm
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Tue 20 May 11am – 6pm
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Wed 21 May 11am – 6pm
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Thu 22 May 11am – 6pm
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Fri 23 May 11am – 6pm
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Sat 24 May 11am – 6pm
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Sun 25 May 12 – 4pm
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Sun 25 May 4 – 6.30pmBook now
Talk EventLimited availability
COMME des GARÇONS Melbourne and Perimeter Books have paired together to present BOOK STAND, a site-specific design piece that will transform the COMME des GARÇONS in-store space.
BOOK STAND will house a specially curated selection of published works available for public viewing and discussion. Among these titles will be the recently published COMME DES GARÇONS PARFUMS 1994-2025, A Book By Dino Simonett. All published works will be available for viewing and purchase in-store and online.
During the duration of BOOK STAND, the CdGM store will, in collaboration with Perimeter Books, present a speaking event.
The event will be a conversation with designer Ziga Testen, moderated by Amelia Winata (Memo Review). The discussion will delve into the raw process of developing the latest published book for Slovenian artist, Peter Rauch.
Participants
Perimeter Books
Perimeter is a specialised bookstore, award-winning publisher, distribution house and platform for various art publishing endeavours in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2011, Perimeter Books stocks a selective range of independently published books, editions and zines spanning photography, art, theory, text and the more lateral ends of design and architecture. The store also curates an active program of exhibitions, talks, launches, workshops and consultations, and co-presents Same Page Art Book Fair with Gertrude Contemporary (Melbourne), and Volume: Another Art Book Fair with Printed Matter Inc. (NY) and Artspace (Sydney).
Amelia Winata
Amelia Winata is a writer and curator based in Melbourne (Naarm/Birrarung-ga). She has written for various publications and galleries including Art Monthly Australasia, Art Guide, Australian Art Collector, un, Shepparton Art Gallery, CCP and MUMA. She is also a founding member of the arts criticism platform Memo Review. Winata is currently a co-editor of EMAJ. She was previously sub-editor of un Magazine vol. 11 (2017), a member of the un Editorial Advisory Committee (2015-2018), and a recipient of the Gertrude Contemporary Emerging Writers Program (2015). Recent curatorial projects include Wayfind as part of the West Space x Next Wave Co-commission (2018). Winata is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Melbourne. Her research topic is the German artist Charlotte Posenenske (1930-1945).
Ziga Testen
Ziga Testen Studio is a graphic design studio based in Melbourne, Australia but operates internationally. Typically, the focus of the practice is contemporary art and culture and we prioritise work in close collaboration with artists, curators and cultural organisations. Rather than an aesthetic or style, a context and project specific solution is sought out for each individual commission.