Bangkok Art Book Fair 2017
Bangkok Art Book Fair 2017 acts as an exhibition platform for contemporary art books, art print medium makers, publisher, collectors, and public audience for sharing the same passion and interests in contemporary art books together. This annual event consisted of artist's books, art, and independent publishers, art book launch, talks and lectures, workshop and art book archival exhibition. (Bangkok Art Book Fair, 2017) The event took place from September 7-10, 2017 at Bangkok CityCity Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. This event is the collaboration of Bangkok CityCity Gallery and Studio 150 run by Piyakorn Chaiverapundech and Pat Laddaphan along with THINKK Studio acting as the brain behind the design of the event since they wanted to offer some space for people that shared the same interest in art books, publishing, printing, and design to be able to access and share ideas about print design. All the books in the event consisted of the valuable print design, as they were carefully gathered and shared in the different context of design that were all printed with same medium "book".
Publisher
This event consisted mostly of Indie publishers. Even though the event had no heme, it consisted of many designers, photographers, illustrators, and artists as of listed below:
1.กะปิ (Kapiyanan)
2.สำรับสำหรับไทย (Samrubforthai)
3. หายหายและหลายๆใบ (Gonegoneandleaves)
4. Anon x Tammarat x Pojai
5. Aperture Brought Me Here
6. Aracha Cholitgul
7. Art4D
8. Data/storytelling & Book
9. DOOR to ASIA
10. FabCafe Bangkok
11. inpages
12. Jan daga
13. JBS
14. LIKAYBINDERY
15. Manastudio
16. Numthetraveler
17. P. Library
18. Pipatra B.
19. Poop Press supported by RXXX Riso Print BKK
20. Spacebar Zine
21. Studio Marketing Materials
22. Tae Parvit x MM. x Bloody Hell Big Head
23. The Archivist
24. The Rambutan
25. The Uni_form design studio
26. Used and Vacilando bookshop
27. Waiting You curator lab and ARTIST+RUN
28. Wide & Narrow
These publishers have still hoped to continue and pursue the ideas and space for artists and print-makers to share their works annually through this event in future. (Aroonkriengkrai, 2017)