Royal Book Lodge Project brings together publishing and other artistic collaborations with artists and authors such as Raisa Aid, Kai Althoff, Abel Auer, Veronique Bourgoin, André Butzer, Gregory Cadars, matali crasset, Sara Glaxia, Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Beate Gunther, Grems, Popline Fichot, Tobias Hauser, Andy Hope 1930, Daniel Johnston, Dorota Jurczak, Jean-Louis Leibovitch, Anne Lefebvre, Birgit Megerle, Jonathan Meese, Roberto Ohrt, Mirron Mitzkewich, Oskar -Von-Miller Str. 16, Anna Parkina, Raymond Pettibon, Jason Rhoades, Julia Rublow, Ralph Rumney, Gianfranco Sanguinetti, Dmitri Susin, Jeanne Susin, Lucia Sotnikova, Angel Yegros, Juli Susin, and others.
In 2023, Hatje Cantz published the research book “Royal Book Lodge” authored by art historian John C. Welchman. The publication examines the history and context of more than 30 years of the Royal Book Lodge’s collaborative practices and its collaborations with multiple international artists. It examines the history and context of the various artistic practices of Royal Book Lodge, having as its nerve center the Artist’s Book and the building of an important archive of works and documents. In thirteen chapters, the book explores various cultural and political geographies of Royal Book Lodge, particularly in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil, additionally in Berlin, Eastern Europe, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Iceland and Italy, as well as perspectives on emigration and travel. It addresses issues such as the constructions of fiction, autobiography; the relationship of Royal Book Lodge with certain protagonists of historical avant-gardes; notions of remote control; the archeology of violence; and the potential of art as a “first aid kit.”
ROYAL BOOK LODGE by John C. Welchman, Edition Hatje Cantz, 2023. Design and typography : Gregory Cadars, 2023, 348 Pages, 410 Illustrations, 340mm x 240mm, with original lithography by Kai Althoff.
