Everything Will Be OK (book)
Everything Will Be OK is the title of a hard-cover folio format book and full-length DVD published in 2005 in Italy. It is primarily a collection of videos, animations and print-specific artworks by artists working in and around the internet and is published by This is a magazine[1] (about nothing). It is the fourth book from a series of experimental publications by Donnachie, Simionato & Son.[2]
Adrian Shaughnessy, chief-editor of Varoom Magazine (UK) said "This is not a book, it is an event. Like Helmut Newton’s book-with-table, or the repackaging of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine in a suitcase-with-wheels, ...it is more like a portable multi-media exhibition than a book...Donnachie/Simionato have created a publishing phenomenon."[3]
DVD[edit]
Included with each copy of the book is the DVD of the same title containing original time-based artworks and video. The book also contained a plastic devil's horn (corna) lucky charm bookmark, a sealed sugar-cube, and a pink latex balloon printed with the words "Everything will be OK".
The DVD contains a number of easter eggs viewable by moving left twice then pressing play when selecting Augustin Gimel's film title from the index. It also has a hidden sub-titles track which when viewed becomes a second layer of black silhouettes for the video Holes in Between by Donnachie/Simionato with original music by the avant-garde band Starfuckers. An archive of This is a magazine online editions from 2002 to 2004, including the Everything will be OK PowerPoint episode is accessible from the DVD-ROM section.
Netart[edit]
An associated net art called EverythingwillbeOK.com[4] comprising a video-loop of an inflatable stick figure has been maintained since 2004.
Collections[edit]
The Everything will be OK project, including the original video DVD and hard-cover book is part of the KIOSK collection, Christoph Keller's[5] touring art publications archive, now a permanent collection of the National Art Library in Berlin,[6] and has been exhibited at the ICA (USA),[7] the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art Rotterdam (Rotterdam),[8] Artists Space (NY), the Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver), and Mudam (Luxembourg), among others.
Selected exhibitions[edit]
- Hijacked, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia (2008)
- Colophon 2007, Independent Publication Festival, Luxembourg (2007)
- Holes In Between, Netmage, Bologna, Italy (2006)
- Reading Room, Senko Gallery by Sergei Sviatchenko, Viborg, Denmark (2005)
- CMYK - International Trend Magazines Festival, Barcelona, Spain (2004)
References[edit]
- ^ "This is a Magazine (about nothing) 2001 ~~>". www.thisisamagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ Donnachie, Simionato & Son (Publishers)
- ^ Varoom Magazine, Journal for Made Images, Issue 1, August 2006
- ^ "EverythingWillBeOk". www.everythingwillbeok.com. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Christoph Keller". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ Kunstbibliothek, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- ^ Beyond Kiosk, ICA, Philadelphia, United States (2008)
- ^ "Printing Matters, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2005)". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2010-04-05.