How to shoplift books
How to shoplift books von David Horvitz versteht sich als Anleitung zum Bücherklauen. Mal praktisch, mal witzig, mal phantasievoll, mal romantisch, beschreibt das Buch 80 verschiedene Möglichkeiten ein Buch zu stehlen. Seit 2013 wurde das Buch in über 26 Sprachen übersetzt. Der Künstler gibt dabei den Übersetzer:innen künstlerische Freiheit, Sätze den kulturellen Gegebenheiten anzupassen und abzuändern.
*Die Veröffentlichung von How to shoplift books entstand als Gespräch, das Horvitz 2011 auf der New York Art Book Fair in David Seniors „Classroom series“ moderierte. Nach der Veröffentlichung der Erstausgabe im Jahr 2013 hat der Künstler in Zusammenarbeit mit Jan Steinbach und der Edition Taube das Buch in ein kulturelles Übersetzungsprojekt verwandelt und mit Übersetzer:innen und Verlagen auf der ganzen Welt zusammengearbeitet.
How to shoplift books by David Horvitz is a comprehensive guide on how to steal books. From the very practical, romantic and to the most imaginative, it gives 80 detailed instructions on how one can steal a book. Since 2013, the book has been released in 26 languages with the artist giving translators the liberty to change sentences to culturally more appropriate ones.
*The publication of How to shoplift books originated as a conversation Horvitz hosted at the 2011 New York Art Book Fair in David Senior’s Classroom series. Following the release of the first edition in 2013, the artist then collaborated with Jan Steinbach and Edition Taube to turn the book into a cultural translation project, collaborating with translators and publishing houses all over the world.
How to shoplift books
David Horvitz
Edition Taube, 2019-on going
15.5 × 10.55 cm, 84 pp
1 color, paberback, edition of 500
English: 'How to shoplift books' w/ Printed Matter, Inc.
French: 'Comment voler des livres' w/ Yvon Lambert
Spanish: 'Cómo robar libros' w/ Gato Negro
German: 'Wie man Bücher klaut' w/ Mark Pezinger
Italian: 'Come rubare i libri' w/ ChertLüdde & Mousse Publishing
Chinese: '携书潜逃的N种方式' w/ tria publishing platform
Greek: 'Πως να κλέψεις ένα βιβλίο' w/ Phenomenon
Dutch: 'Hoe je boeken steelt' w/ PrintRoom
Brazilian Portuguese: 'Como furtar livros' w/ No_Libros
Lithuanian: 'Kaip vogti knygas' w/ Six Chairs Books
Danish: 'Bogrov' w/ Lodret Vandret
Korean: '책을 훔치는 완벽한 방법' w/ ENKR 엔커
Georgian: 'როგორ მოვიპაროთ წიგნები' w/ They Said Books & E.A. Shared Space
Hebrew: 'איך לגנוב ספרים' w/ Sternthal Books
Romanian: 'Cum să furi cărți' w/ PUNCH
Swiss German: 'Wiemer Büecher chlaut' w/ Hacienda Books
Russian: 'Как красть книги' w/ Samopal Books
Japanese: '書店で万引きをする方法' w/ SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo Art Book Fair
Maltese: 'Kif tisraq il-kotba' w/ Sendb00ks
Kosovo Albanian: 'Qysh me vjedhë libra' w/ LambdaLambdaLambda
Hindi: 'दुकान से किताबे कैसे चुराए ' w/ Bombay Underground
Turkish: 'Kitap nasıl çalınır' w/ FAİL Books
Servian (Cyrillic): 'Како мажњавати књиге' w/ Kulturni centar Beograda & CURA
Estonian: 'Kuidas raamatuid varastada' w/ Lugemik
Hungarian: Hogyan lopjunk könyveket w/ ISBN könyv+galéria
Icelandic: 'Hvernig hnupla skal bókum' w/Tunglio forlag
Swedish: 'Hur man knycker böcker' w/ ll'Editions
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Berlin-based project space and publishing house, showcases international artists and designers through exhibitions that transform the concept of a book into three-dimensional space, while also publishing these exhibitions in book format to highlight the medium of artists' books.