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JUERGEN O. OLBRICH - ROD SUMMERS - BERTY SKUBER
30+ OUT OF 60 FROM 3
Collaborative collages 2009 - 2011
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An Achill cottage industry

An Achill cottage industry
BOOKS: Achill Island seems an unlikely base for a Belgian and South Korean book artist duo, yet that’s where Franticham decided to set up. ANDY DEVANE finds out what drew them there

WHEN BELGIAN book artist Francis Van Maele first laid eyes on an abandoned cottage on Achill Island in the mid-1990s, he was entranced. Situated in Dugort village, in the shadow of Slievemore mountain, the cottage was just metres from the Atlantic. In 2005, after becoming the cottage’s owner, he set up home there and established Red Fox Press, a printing studio in which he creates his own limited-edition books.

That same year, while exhibiting at a book fair in Seoul, Van Maele asked if he could sit next to South Korean artist Antic-Ham at a sushi bar. It was to be the beginning of an artistic journey that would shape both their lives and careers. Over the summer the pair created what was to be the first of many books together, Night in Seoul. When it came time to say goodbye, they decided to make collage “diaries of separation” – started by one in Achill and finished by the other in Asia.

That winter they spent a month in London, where they combined romance with an intense artistic collaboration. It was then that they decided to merge their artistic identities and work as one unit, and so Francis and Antic-Ham became Franticham.

Mirroring the visual poetry of her books, Antic-Ham speaks in deep, poetic terms. When first separated from Van Maele, she had a sudden urge to go to the coast, and although the East China Sea is quite a distance from Blacksod Bay, she imagined that if she were a fish she could swim, somehow, all the way to Achill Island. Since then the fish motif has become prevalent in their collaborative work.

Antic-Ham was born in Seoul in 1974, and she divides her time between South Korea and Achill, spending about seven months a year in the latter. She is highly focused on her work, and insists that although love is the most important thing in her life, work is of equal importance.

Van Maele was born near Bruges in 1947, and ran a successful publishing house in Luxembourg before moving to Ireland. Although silk-screen printing is a labour- intensive process, he makes it sound almost effortless. “You can print on anything: paper, cardboard, boxes. You can print text, simple images and very elaborate art work. You just need a good table, hinges, a few screens and colours. All the printing is done here in Dugort.”

Given their remote location, the couple’s level of self-sufficiency in the production of such specialised work is remarkable. As Van Maele explains, “smaller books are laser-printed or inkjet-printed in our conservatory, and all bookbinding is done here as well. We use about 20 different kinds of papers, depending on projects, and we order them in the UK and Luxembourg or send them from South Korea.”

“Most of our books are limited editions and most of our collectors are in the US, then the UK, Europe and Australia. We make less than 1 per cent of our sales in Ireland.”

Van Maele is bemused to see his early work sell at auctions on the continent for 10 times its original sale price.

The couple travels to about 10 book fairs a year in cities such as London, Paris, New York and Frankfurt. They describe the fairs as essential for meeting collectors and librarians, who represent the bulk of their business, and although they enjoy visiting big cities, they are always happy to return to their adopted Achill.

The island’s rugged beauty and Atlantic air appear to fuel their creative energy. “I can’t imagine living in any other place,” says Van Maele, adding that one advantage of living on Achill is having plenty of time to work undisturbed. Despite this, the couple open their studio every summer, although Van Maele notes wryly that “as the signs do not say ‘coffee shop’ or ‘craft shop’, people coming in are already filtered”.

Canadian filmmaker Heather Fletcher met the pair in London in 2005. “Being a hopeless romantic, I was enraptured with their story,” she says. The next year she flew to Ireland to make a short film of the Franticham story. Over four days, which she describes as a “magical experience”, Fletcher produced Lost Seouls – Diary of Two Fish , a touching 14-minute film of Franticham’s life and work.

Like exotic birds swept off course, this colourful couple cut a dash as they stroll along Dugort’s Golden Strand. Van Maele says: “I think we are very fortunate to combine life and work. We’re on the exact same wavelength, and we enjoy it fully.”

See redfoxpress.com. Heather Fletcher’s film Lost Seouls – Diary of Two Fish is on YouTube

Scott Helmes screenprint

screenprint from a visual poem from SCOTT HELMES for the second portfolio "VISUAL FLUX"
http://www.redfoxpress.com/vis​ualflux.html

franticham's assembling box nr 12 out now

40 signed and numbered copies.
With contributions from:
Antic-Ham, South Korea - Tiziana Baracchi, Italy - Vittore Baroni, Italy - Lancillotto Bellini, Italy - John M. Bennett, USA - Cecil Touchon, USA - Bruno Chiarlone, Italy - David Dellafiora, Australia - Giovanni Fontana, Italy - Antonio Gomez, Spain - Joaquin Gomez, Spain - Klaus Groh, Germany - Miguel Jimenez, Spain - Ginny Lloyd, USA - Serse Luigetti, Italy - Emilio Morandi, Italy - Leo Morrissey, USA - Juergen O. Olbrich, Germany - Litsa Spathi, Germany - Pete Spence, Australia - Christine Tarantino, USA - Richard Tipping, Australia - Francis Van Maele, Ireland.
see http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box.html

visual poetry by GIOVANNI FONTANA

visual poetry / collage from Giovanni Fontana published by redfoxpress, Ireland / http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html

Cecils Touchon's new book at Redfoxpress

http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada-touchon.html

Franticham's Assembling Box Nr. 10

Assembling Edition
VISUAL POETRY AND WORKS INSPIRED BY FLUXUS
http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box.html



A5 box with contributions from 23 invited artists
Visual poetry, collages, prints, multiples and objects
40 copies signed and numbered 1/40 to 40/40

Only 15 copies available for sale
Price: 70 euro / 100 $ / 60 UK st.

Contributions from:

Fernando Aguiar, Portugal Antic-Ham, South Korea Vittore Baroni, Italy Lancillotto Bellini, Italy
John M. Bennett, USA Julien Blaine, France David Dellafiora, Australia Henry Denander, Sweden
Antonio Gomez, Spain Klaus Groh, Germany Susanna Lakner, Germany Ginny Lloyd, USA
Serse Luigetti, Italy Antonio Noia, Italy Bibiana Padilla Maltos, Mexico Bernd Reichert, Belgium
Fritz Sauter, Switzerland Skooter, USA Litsa Spathi, Germany Pete Spence, Australia
Christine Tarantino, USA Richard Tipping, Australia Francis Van Maele, Ireland


SEE ALL PARTICIPANTS TO THE ASSEMBLING BOXES 1 - 10

WHO ACQUIRED ASSEMBLING BOXES
MoMa, New York
Sackner Archive for Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami
Avant Writing Collection at Ohio State University
Virginia Common Wealth University
Stendhal Gallery, George Maciunas Foundation, New York
Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia
Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett, Muenchen, Germany
University of Brighton, UK
Edinburgh College of Art Library, UK
Glasgow School of Art Library, UK
University College of London
Arts Council England, Manchester, UK
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
The Poetry Library, London
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
Winchester School of Art Library, UK
University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, UK
Julia Vermes Sammlung, Basel, Switzerland

and private customers in Austria, Australia, Germany, Ireland, UK, Norway, Switzerland,
Spain, Sweden, USA, Cyprus, Luxembourg and South Korea
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FRANCIS VAN MAELE
REDFOXPRESS
Dugort, Achill Island
County Mayo, Ireland

WEBSITE - http://www.redfoxpress.com
BLOG - http://franticham.blogspot.com
FLICKR - http://www.flickr.com/photos/45993006@N08

info@redfoxpress.com
Tel.: 00353 - (0)98 - 43784

Franticham's assembling box 6 out now

"Franticham's Assembling Box" nr 6 is out now with contributions from 23 artists:
see: http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box6.html

"Franticham's Assembling Box" Nr5 Out now!!

A5 box with contributions from 23 invited artists
Visual poetry, collages, prints, multiples and objects
40 copies signed and numbered 1/40 to 40/40
Only 15 copies available for sale - Price: 70 euro / 100 $ / 60 UK st.

Contributions from:

Antic-Ham, South Korea - Vittore Baroni, Italy - Lancillotto Bellini, Italy - Carla Bertola, Italy - Anna Boschi, Italy - Bruno Chiarlone, Italy - Fernando Delgado, Argentina - Picasso Gaglione, USA - Pierre Garnier, France - Klaus Groh, Germany - Ruud Janssen, Netherlands - Susanna Lakner, Germany - Serse Luigetti, Italy - Tim Mancusi, USA - Keiichi Nakamura, Japan - Litsa Spathi, Netherlands - Uwe Petruch, Germany - Mercedes Resch, Argentina - Christine Tarantino, USA - Matthew Rose, France - Francis Van Maele, Ireland - Alberto Vitacchio, Italy - Sean Woodward, UK

http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box5.html

A NEW BOOK BY PETE SPENCE FROM AUSTRALIA

Online order at http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html
you can order also by email at info@redfoxpress.com



A6 format (10.5x15 cm / 4 x 6") - 40 pages
hardcover, thread and quarter cloth binding
laser printing on ivory paper.
price: 15 euro / 20 US $ / 13 UK Sterling

Online order at http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html
you can order also by email at info@redfoxpress.com
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Pete Spence

Born in Australia in 1946.
Visual poet and writer.
Began mail art in 1983.

Curated many visual poetry exhibitions 1980's through early 90's.
Edited "Ligne" a visual poetry magazine.
Edited or published numerous books, chapbooks and pamphlets.

Bruno Chiarlone

a new book of fluxus artist Bruno Chiarlone in our collection "C'est mon dada"
see www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html
can be ordered online

FRANTICHAM'S ASSEMBLING BOX NR 2

VISUAL POETRY AND WORKS INFLUENCED BY FLUXUS

A5 box with contributions from 23 invited artists
Visual poetry, collages, prints, multiples and objects
This is a project on invitation only
40 copies signed and numbered 1/40 to 40/40
Only 15 copies available for sale
Price: 70 euro / 100 $ / 60 UK st.

Contributions from:
Fernando Aguiar, Portugal - Antic-Ham, South Korea - Anna Banana, Canada - Vittore Baroni, Italy
Robert Brandy, Luxembourg _ Keith Buchholz, USA - Bruno Chiarlone, Italy
David Dellafiora, Australia - Klaus Peter Dencker, Germany - Klaus Groh, Germany - Susanna Lakner, Germany
Pascal lenoir, France - Jim Leftwich, USA - Serse Luigetti, Italy - mIEKAL aND, USA
Bernd Reichert, Belgium - Gianni Simone, Japan - Litsa Spathi, Germany - Pete Spence, Australia
Carol Stetser, USA - Sztuka Fabryka, Belgium - Thierry Tillier, Belgium - Francis Van Maele, Ireland -

You can also order by email at info@redfoxpress.com

Carla Bertola

visual poetry from Italy
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Fluxus Assembling Box

2 new contribution from Ruud Jannsen and Christine Tarantino for our Fluxus assembling box.
Box 1 is now complete with 23 works - see http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box.html for list of all participants.

Franticham's Fluxus assembling box

Litsa Spathi's contribution. contribution to Franticham's Fluxus Island Assembly Box Nr1.
See http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box1.html

Fluxus assembling box project

"Franticham's Fluxus Island Assembling Box" is the name of this new ongoing project.
Screen printing of the boxes which came from South Korea.
Contributions from C. Mehrl Bennett, Miguel Jimenez and Luc Fierens.
Nr 1 is due at the end of the month and will contain 20+ prints, multiples and objects in an signed edition of 40 copies.
See http://www.redfoxpress.com/ass.box1.html for more information

Nico Vassilakis' new book

this book can be ordered on http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html

"fluxus now!" for jim leftwich

new book from Klaus Peter Dencker

new book in the series "C'est mon dada" from Redfoxpress.
see http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html

"Franticham's Fluxus Island" now in pocket size

For those who could not afford the 350$ wooden fluxus kit with 22 original screenprints and many objects, Redfoxpress from Ireland published now a mini edition in their "c'est mon dada" collection for 20$. You can order online at http://www.redfoxpress.com/dada.html