F.R. DAVID: RECTO VERSO

with a screening of Péter Dobai’s Archaikus Torzó* and a few words by editor Will Holder at 8.30pm

Thursday September 19, 8pm

F.R.DAVID is a typographical journal, dealing with the organisation of reading and writing in contemporary art practises.
The 18th issue, ‘Recto Verso’ had its beginnings in prosody, the measure of language, geometry, and a notion of imagist transcription, even. A two-dimensional exercise, it turns out, on paper. Words were tuned out, in favour of the volume of values our bodies exchanged: ‘the historical and bodily movement of language amongst subjects.’ Attentions turned—taking (the measure of) classes in body language: the non-verbal: the insinuated: the reverse-side of image: the backside, and, oddly: Oh no: we don’t speak about that—to the next page…

*
‘This young man let us film his strange life […] His job is cleaning a factory and he lives with his parents in a suburban house. […] He uses all his leisure time to create a mind-body equilibrium through the cult of the body and the study of philosophy and ethics. His main aims are the realisation of the classic Goethian ideal and peace. For this he tries to gather strength from everyday life. In this fight he appears as an anxious, strange human island, striving for completeness and dignity.’
[Opening subtitles to Archaikus Torzó, 1971]

past

30.11.24

BUTCHCAMP CALENDAR 2025 by Rosen Eveleigh with Carlo Canún and Leo Schick

29.11.24

IRREGULAR: ISSUE 2 — LEAVING SPACE by studio salt, pepper and peace

28.11.24

TENDER AND TOXIC TALES by Juri Velt and CURATING ECOLOGIES ON ARCHITECTURE by Patrícia Coelho

23.11.24

THISTLE by Nadia de Vries

22.11.24

NEW SURFACE RESEARCH by Henri Jacobs

19.11.24

FIRST LIGHT by CAConrad

16.11.24

NEST by Gregory Carlock

15.11.24

FIELD RECORDINGS: VOL. 1, 2, 3 by Lisa Prins and Marie Ilse Bourlanges

14.11.24

SCHADE UM JEDEN KUSS by Charlott Weisse

10.11.24

THE ABC OF THE PROJECTARIAT by Kuba Szreder

09.11.24

OTTO by Sam de Groot

07.11.24

THE BURA SUITE by Elena Štrok

24.10.24

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE by Bruno Zhu

19.10.24

SEX AND PLACE VOL. 1 & 2

05.10.24

FUTURE ESTATE by Matthew Harvey

04.10.24

HIGH SHINE — THE BODY IS BOTH THE SELF AND THE ENTIRE EARTH

03.10.24

LAVA LINES

27.09.24

HOLLOW by Vitautas Kumža w/ Elaine ML Tam

26.09.24

FORGET ME NOT by Stéphanie Baechler

25.09.24

FAIL WORSE w/ Habib William Kherbek

20.09.24

BILL 5 with Julie Peeters

06.09.24

HAND THAT TOUCH THIS FORTUNE WILL by Sam Dolbear

05.09.24

CANCELLED CONFESSIONS (Aveux non avenus, 1930) by Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, with Amelia Groom

21.07.24

Reading of THE VIROSEXUALS by Orion J. Facey

18.07.24

SORE, issue 2

12.07.24

TAPE II (dormant) by handle and care

11.07.24

WAY DOWN WEST by Didi Yitong Liang and Victoria Lum

22.06.24

DIS/IDENTIFICATION by Philipp Gufler

20.06.24

THE QUANTUM ISLE by SasaHara

15.06.24

CONFIDENCES / ORACLE by Ivan Cheng

13.06.24

OF DOGS AND DAUGHTERS with Simona Koutná and Susan van Veen

08.06.24

VOICE UNDER by Ester M Bergsmark

07.06.24

BESTIARY OF TONGUELETS by Mercedes Azpilicueta

06.06.24

IF NEED BE by Pejvak

01.06.24

PLEASURE PROVIDERS PILLOW TALK

30.05.24

YOU LOVED AN IMAGE by Charlotte Rohde

25.05.24

NIEUWE NIEUWSMARKT, initiated by Werker Collective

24.05.24

AMMONIA SUNRISE by Aske Hyldborg Jensen and THE INFINITE FURY by Ian Macartney

23.05.24

ONE SHAPE OF THE LANGUAGE: CYRILLIC ARCHIVES by Inna Kochkina

11.05.24

FREINET TECHNIQUES by Paul Gangloff

09.05.24

TENDING GRIEF by Camille Sapara Barton

26.04.24

CC3(shoegaze) by Helmer Stuyt and Jim Klok

19.04.24

SINCE BUILDINGS SEEM TO WHISPER by Benjamim Furtado

18.04.24

Extra Intra Reader 3: Swallowed Like a Whole

12.04.24

VOICES AND BREATHS by Alice Wong and Simo Tse

06.04.24

DEPOSITION by Marissa Lee Benedict, David Rueter and Daniel De Paula

04.04.24

Flower, fruit, leaf, husk and root: Experiments in Growing Colour

14.03.24

Struggglllllllldvamfrgajmjskjkekllnwohtpaprsssmsztsvbz&pg

07.03.24

Channel SISSSSSSSS

04.03.24

ANTEAESTHETICS by Rizvana Bradley

17.02.24

Kiki’s Fugue: Spleen at the Verge of Boredom #5 by MRZB

09.02.24

WHAT DESIGN CAN’T DO by Silvio Lorusso

08.02.24

ZOO INDEX READER by Terezie Štindlová

17.12.23

CALENDAR 2024: PLAID by Masaki Komoto + CINCIN 2024

16.12.23

RETAIL VÉRITÉ by A Maior

15.12.23

MERCURIAL by Martin Huger

08.12.23

SHOW TIME BOOK / BOOK TIME SHOW by Alexandra Bachzetsis

07.12.23

FA3: THE TITLE OF THIS WORK IS TO BE SKETCHED by Benjamin McMillan

25.11.23

A BABE IN THE WOODS by Giene Steenman

24.11.23

ON CUDDLING w/ Phanuel Antwi

23.11.23

THE HOUR BEFORE SUNSET by Milena Bonila

22.11.23

ODE TO THE RIBBON — an evening with Lisa Robertson, hosted by Romy Day Winkel

17.11.23

BITTERSWIET by Liza Prins

04.11.23

ALWAYS OPEN ALWAYS CLOSED by Caitlin Merrett King w/ Annie Goodner

02.11.23

THE ATTENDANTS by Louis Mason w/ Becket MWN

29.10.23

SAMPLE BOOK by Katie Schwab

19.10.23

EXXXO: A XENO-COMMUNITY?

14.10.23

D FOR DAUGHTER by Elina Birkehag

05.10.23

SOLITARY by Tyler Coburn, with Becket MWN

30.09.23

Sensitive Study of the Disappearing gay Cruising Scene in the Riparian Forest of St Privat

29.09.23

FEEDING ON LIGHT by Eva-Fiore Kovakovsky

21.09.23

CATALOG #23, ‘Articulated Models’ by Ott Metusala

17.09.23

VOID — a new collection by Avoidstreet

16.09.23

CATASTROPHE TIME! with editor Gary Zhexi Zhang, Metahaven and Merve Bedir

14.09.23

reading by Davey Davis and Huw Lemmey

09.09.23

IMAGE RIP by Geoff Han

02.09.23

THE OLDEST THING by Ruth van Beek

13.07.23

ECOES #5 by Sonic Acts

06.07.23

RECITAL by Tild Greene

01.07.23

THE PERFECT HOUSE HAS BECOME A RUIN by Elena Braida

29.06.23

FOUNDATIONS by Víctor Santamarina + SCENES FROM THE POLDER WESTERN by Pilar Mata Dupont and Erika Roux

22.06.23

I AM GOING TO BE YOUR LAST TEACHER by Yael Davids

21.06.23

KICK THE LATCH by Kathryn Scanlan w/ Kate Briggs

08.06.23

HEADS TOGETHER — Weed and the Underground Press Syndicate

02.06.23

PLEASURE PROVIDERS PILLOW TALK hosted by Kami Million

01.06.23

TOO MUCH by the Sandberg Institute’s Critical Studies Department

31.05.23

BE LIKE WATER by Anouk Kruithof

20.05.23

W-STREET (PLOT POINTS AND NON-FICTIONS) by Jan-Pieter ‘t Hart

19.05.23

WHAT ARE THE WORDS YOU DO NOT HAVE YET?

18.05.23

AGAINST AGEISM: A QUEER MANIFESTO by Simon(e) van Saarloos

07.05.23

THE HEART IS A SANDWICH by Jason Fulford

20.04.23

GIRLS LIKE US #14: Letters of Disappointment

16.04.23

OBJECTS OF MY AFFECTION by Jil Kunkat

30.03.23

EXTRA INTRA READER #2: A SLIGHT BREATH

23.03.23

NOTES ON DEVILS by Jacob Dwyer

17.03.23

TABRAT by Bart de Baets

16.03.23

THE SHARING ECONOMY by Sophie Berrebi

09.03.23

SEED OF MEMORY by Weaving Realities

04.03.23

A SHRINE TO APHRODITE by Philipp Gufler

02.03.23

MsHERESIES #5: We Are Going to Lose

23.02.23

SISSS

19.02.23

CINCIN TOWEL-CALENDAR 2023 by CCC x BBB

16.02.23

ATLAS OF ASPECT CHANGE by Tine Melzer

09.02.23

CATALOG #22: Beard. Man. Jug. Rubble. Woman. Vessel with Kasia Fudakowski

05.02.23

KNOW THY AUDIENCE by Nadia de Vries

03.02.23

A SENTENCE IN SOIL by Magali Reus

02.02.23

LIKE DUST BEFORE IT FALLS by Márk Redele

28.01.23

ROBIDA #8: Isola Otok Island

19.01.23

FRESH FLEX WORK FORCE by Alina Lupu

15.01.23

AFTER INSTITUTIONS by Karen Archey

14.01.23

NOTES ON EVIL by Steven Warwick

21.12.22

Reading Bernadette Mayer’s MIDWINTER DAY

18.12.22

2023 CALENDAR by Masaki Komoto

18.12.22

Unwrapping the new San Serriffe WRAPPING PAPER by Riet Wijnen

10.12.22

Double Bill: BILL4 and MMDC3 with Julie Peeters and Angie Keefer

08.12.22

AUX)001 MIXTAPE

27.11.22

HOW DO WE SAY, WHAT DO WE FEEL, HOW DO WE LOVE by Tash Keddy

26.11.22

DAISYWORLD #5: Dangerous Depths (a hydrofeminist hymn)

24.11.22

An evening with ODETE, in collaboration with kanaal40

17.11.22

THE RIGHT TO THE CITY XXX by Werker Collective and Loma Doom (Femke Dekker)

10.11.22

EXERCISES IN PRACTICAL MISCHIEVERY by Laura Pappa, Carlo Canún and Charlotte York

09.11.22

SHOP LITERATI by Bruno Zhu

03.11.22

URANUS by Karel Martens

30.10.22

MAQUILLAGE AS MEDITATION by Sara Giannini

06.10.22

S75 By Petra Stavast

22.09.22

NARRATIVE MACHINES: EPISODE 5 by Ghita Skali

27.08.22

MY KINGDOM FOR A TITLE by Pope.L

09.07.22

SOME THINGS BLEAK by Charlott Markus

08.07.22

OBERIH by understructures

07.07.22

BAD GAYS with Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller

03.07.22

THE ART OF CRITIQUE

30.06.22

UNBIDDEN TONGUES #7: Continuity Girl with Naomi Pearce

23.06.22

CUISINE EXISTENTIELLE by Lei Saito

19.05.22

THE MATERIAL KINSHIP READER

15.05.22

DORM by Isabelle Andriessen

14.05.22

PLAY SINCERELY! by Olivier Goethals

08.05.22

CONFIDENCES / MAJORITY by Ivan Cheng

21.04.22

WRITING CLASS: AN UNABRIDGED COLLECTION

14.04.22

THE FOLD by Fleur van Dodewaard

08.04.22

HTSU: CLONES by Matilda Tjäder

07.04.22

DARK ROOM by Phyllis Christopher w/ Rosen Eveleigh

12.03.22

FARBEN by Marc Nagtzaam

03.03.22

OFF COURSE #1 by Cleo Tsw

17.02.22

STILI DRAMA—Stili Drama XIII-XXI / La Giostra di Lulu XLI-XLIV by MRZB

10.02.22

MsHERESIES #4: DAFFODILS — Rosalind Belben by Rietlanden Women’s Office

18.12.21

TELL ME WHERE TO WRITE MY NAME by Huub Kooijman

11.12.21

AS IF by Uta Eisenreich

04.12.21

ESPÍRITU REBELDE / REBELLIOUS SPIRIT by Sofia Reyes

02.12.21

COUNTER-SIGNALS #4: Identity is the Crisis

28.11.21

ELECTRIC BRINE by Jennifer Teets

28.11.21

DAISYWORLD MAGAZINE #3: ROT, LANGUAGE & A STRAY BUTTERFLY

27.11.21

I THINK AND I THINK I’VE THOUGHT A THOUGHT by Josse Pyl

13.11.21

SCHOOL OF WATERS (Mediterranea 19 Biennial)

11.11.21

CATALOG #19: Shimmer, Slice, Accretion

05.11.21

TWENTY TERRIFYING TALES FROM OUR TECHNOFEUDAL TOMORROW by William Kherbek

03.11.21

BEVERLY BUCHANAN: MARSH RUINS by Amelia Groom

24.10.21

ROMANCE UTOPIA by Romy Day Winkel

14.10.21

IMAGINE IF YOU COULD MOVE AROUND THE CITY LIKE YOU DO IN THE HILLS IN BETWEEN VILLAGES by Dasha Leo

23.09.21

STAGE OF RECOVERY by Georgia Sagri

08.07.21

I FAILED TO SWOON by Nadia de Vries

20.06.21

RESOLUTION #1: HOT PICTURES

09.06.21

ON DRIFTING by Calypso3621

27.05.21

WAREHOUSE: A Place for Clothes in Context

13.05.21

CONFIDENCES / BASELINE by Ivan Cheng

11.04.21

DAISYWORLD MAGAZINE #2: No Winter Lasts Forever, No Spring Skips its Turn

08.04.21

WE WANT TO LOOK UP AT THE SUN, BUT COULD THE SUN BE LOOKING DOWN ON US? by Olivier Goethals and Rudy Guedj

18.03.21

CATALOG #17: Impressed

10.12.20

ANTHROPOPHYTA by Sae Honda

19.11.20

TIME IS AN ARROW, ERROR by Katja Mater

05.11.20

LATE BLOOMER by Josefina Anjou and Niklas Büscher

22.10.20

THE SERVING LIBRARY ANNUAL 2020/21

08.10.20

QUILT #01 — #30 by Philipp Gufler

27.09.20

DAISYW✿RLD MAGAZINE

24.09.20

NO THANKS, I’M JUST LOOKING by Lisa Sudhibhasilp

23.07.20

Warehouse Review 001: PEOPLE WEARING OFF-WHITE

16.07.20

DOUBLE TROUBLE sale of double books from Henk Groenendijk’s collection

25.06.20

DEAR CLAY, by Stéphanie Baechler

13.03.20

HOW TO SHOW UP? with Rami Karim

12.03.20

F.R. DAVID: VERY GOOD

20.02.20

OVAL by Elvia Will

11.01.20

200 SISTER SOUVENIRS by Rebecca Stephany

09.01.20

A talk by Will Holder

19.12.19

2020 BUTCHCAMP CALENDAR

07.12.19

PRESS & FOLD #1: The Luxury Issue

30.11.19

D&K LOOK BOOK 2019 and MODE AND MODE #7

29.11.19

ARTIFICIAL GUT FEELING by Anna Zett

28.11.19

REAL-TIME REALIST #2 by Jungmyung Lee

23.11.19

POOL 3 by Nora Turato

14.11.19

CHANTS OF ENERGY by Jonathan Aldenberg

07.11.19

REWORLDING RAMALLAH — Short Science Fiction Stories from Palestine

31.10.19

THE EX-CLOWN, THE FAN, THE STRANGER AND I by Thomas Amouyal, Sara Elkamel and Charlotte York

02.10.19

THE RADICAL CUT-UP READER: No Single Narrative + Radical Cut-Up: Nothing is Original

26.09.19

L’EUROPE C’EST DEUTSHLAND QUAND TU RATE LABA TU EST FOUTUE MON FRÈRE, LE RESTE C’EST DU FOUMA-FOUMA! by Eliott Déchamboux & Marcel Mrejen

19.09.19

F.R. DAVID: RECTO VERSO

24.07.19

RED TORY: My Corbyn Chemsex Hell by Spitzenprodukte

04.07.19

FORTUNE by Jacob Peter Kovner

27.06.19

FAKE IT! FAKE THEM! FAKE YOU! FAKE US! by Hackers & Designers

20.06.19

SIDEREAL READER by Janine Armin and Laura Wiedijk

08.06.19

DECODING DICTATORIAL STATUES by Ted Hyunhak Yoon

06.06.19

ISSUE #4 by Sandberg Design Department

02.06.19

HOW TO SHOW UP? Argento e oro by Holly Childs, Teddy Coste and Rosie Haward

30.05.19

An evening with Sophie Collins & Daisy Lafarge

25.05.19

MAY 25 IS NOW OCTOBER 1 by Bardhi Haliti

23.05.19

SCHEMAS OF UNCERTAINTY by Callum Copley & Danae Io

18.05.19

JOIN Collective Clothes by Anouk Beckers

16.05.19

QUESTIONS? — Looking for answers in the middle of somewhere

09.05.19

THE FACIT MODEL by Our Polite Society

06.04.19

A SANDWICH, A WALLET AND A GIRAFFE

04.04.19

NXS #4: ALGORITHMIC ANXIETY

29.03.19

Bouble Bill: AFRO-FABULATIONS by Tavia Nyong’o + CRITICAL FABULATIONS by Daniela Rosner

20.03.19

CANCELLED by Marlie Mul

01.03.19

BILL 2

28.02.19

Artist talk by DIANN BAUER (Laboria Cuboniks)

15.02.19

F.R. DAVID: BLACK SUN

31.01.19

LANGUAGE IS SKIN by Romy Rüegger

24.01.19

FRIEDRICH HÖLDERLIN: SELECTED POEMS AND LETTERS