Owl Cave Books and Little Paper Planes Grand Opening!

We're thrilled at Owl Cave Books to have teamed up with Little Paper Planes to open a permanent store front and residency space at 855 Valencia St. in San Francisco!

The space, custom built by artist Kate Pruitt, features new, vintage, art and theory books, and magazines from Owl Cave Books, and artist's prints, multiples, ceramics, apparel and more selected by Little Paper Planes from their extensive network of artists and makers.

Our close friend and collaborator Louisa Bailey of Luminous Books was on hand to document the festivities at our grand opening and we're thankful to her for sharing some of her photos with us.

Thank you so much to everyone who came and made the night such a pleasure and such a success!

We are open 12-7pm Tuesday - Saturday and 12-6pm on Sundays (closed Mondays) and we can't wait to see you all here!

Click through for more photos.

Luminous Books with Owl Cave at UNIT/PITT Projects

We are so excited to be working with London-based artist-curated bookshop Luminous Books at Unit/Pitt Projects in Vancouver, opening on February 15. 

Luminous Books will be popping up as a temporary bookshop of second hand fiction, philosophy and cultural curiosities alongside reading lists and visual compositions exploring paths of reading and the creative intersections between disciplines.

Owl Cave will be sending extracts from our library of feminist literature and a selection of contemporary artists’ publications. The curated collection of books at Unit/Pitt will shift and alter with each sale, reorganizing itself to accommodate losses and gains, breathing.

A new publication by Luminous Books, ’TO RIDDLE, TO READ‘, will launch late March taking the form of a cumulative reading list around Vancouver’s artist-run culture with contributions from spaces and projects engaged in alternative activity around the book form and independent art publishing.

Opening Friday, February 15 2013, 8 pm – runs until March 30 at Unit/Pitt Projects, 15 E Pender St., Vancouver. Public hours, Wednesday – Saturday, noon – 5pm.

www.luminousbooks.co.uk

www.toriddletoread.tumblr.com

www.helenpittgallery.org 

NY Art Book Fair 2012

MoMa PS1

Owl Cave visited NYC this past September to attend Printed Matter's annual NY Art Book Fair at MoMa PS1. We had a great time seeing all the new publications, catching up with old friends and enjoying the city. Please reach out and support Printed Matter and everyone affected by Hurricane Sandy by volunteering or donating here. 

Headlands Center for the Arts, 30th Birthday Party

Blanket Fort, Bunnie Reiss

 On Saturday The Headlands Center for the Arts held a festival featuring outdoor artworks, artist led hikes, games, music and vendor stalls to celebrate their 30th anniversary. We had an amazing time and took a few pictures.

Martin Creed, Work No. 815

Martin Creed, Work no. 815, 2008

White Columns Records New York, USA / SmartGuy Records San Francisco, USA

Edition of 600, unsigned. Work no. 815 is three-song 7" pressed on white vinyl. Songs include "Ohh", "Fuck Off" and "Words". This is the second release in 'The Sound of White Columns' series. 

$25

SOLD OUT

if you have any questions about this item feel free to contact us.

 

Chomsky, John Lyons, 1971

Fontanta, paperback, 120 pages.

An introductory text to Noam Chomsky's theories of linguistics. 

From the Fontana Modern Masters series.

$ 5.00

SOLD OUT

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about this item.

The Wild World of Jeff Turtletaub

While searching for videos featuring Michael Smith's ongoing performance project, Baby Ikki, we found a youtube channel called wildworldproductions. 
The videos are titled The Wild World of Jeff Turtletaub and according to the channel,
[were] conceived as a general interest talk show / showcase centered around a group of talented (and not so talented) New York artists in the late 1970s / early 80s. It aired on New York City's public access cable Television for a total of 4 shows between 1979 and 1982. 
Guests included Klaus Nomi, Michael Smith, Georgeanne Gillespie, Jenny Holzer, J.D.King, Andrea Kovacs, Ann Magnuson among others. 
It was produced by Mark Fischer, Jane Brettschneider, Marc Kehoe and Jeff Turtletaub, who hosted the show. Mary Clarke served as co-host. The artist Keith Haring was a cameraman for the first show.