A Tale of A Tub

A Tale of A Tub often publishes titles as part of our exhibition program and as an extension of our research. When it comes to these activities, a newly established feature is our quarterly bulletins, which are published to accompany each major project. The bulletins are a vehicle for our corresponding writing program, through which writers from a wide range of professional backgrounds are invited to write the exhibition text for each project—and to do so through the prism of their own research and experience, rather than as a direct reflection on or explanation of the project in question. Our bulletins are free of charge and are distributed to the surrounding neighbourhood via mail drop and made available in the space, doubling as both a place for the community to meet and as a revised take on the standard exhibition text format.

Below you will find an overview of previously published titles. If you are interested in purchasing a publication, please send an e-mail to info@a-tub.org or feel free to visit us for collection.

Bulletins

Bulletin 3/2024
by Derica Shields

29.7 x 21cm
4 pages
Free

Bulletin 2/2024
by Michelle van Tongerloo

29.7 x 21cm
4 pages
Free

Bulletin 1/2024
by Cait McKinney

29.7 x 21cm
4 pages
Free

Posters

Pension Planning
Jay Tan

84.1 x 59.4cm
1 page, blueback
€ 10,00

Patty Chang: Glass Urinary Devices

84.1 x 59.4cm
1 page, blueback
€ 10,00

The Lips of History

84.1 x 59.4cm
1 page, blueback
€ 5,00

Publications

Glass Urinary Devices
Patty Chang

Published in 2024
21 x 17cm
32 pages
€12

In 2015, artist Patty Chang (1972) followed the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the longest aqueduct in the world, which brings water from southern to northern China. While walking, she collected her urine in plastic bottles, drinking their contents before refilling them, in turn drawing a connection between the large-scale infrastructural attempt to control the flow of water and the uncontrollable flows of her own body. Once back in Boston, Chang began making a series of portable urinary devices from discarded plastic bottles, which were then hand-blown in New York by glass-blower Amy Lemaire. In fashioning them from discarded plastic and rendering them permanent in glass, the devices channel Chang’s unfolding ruminations on water as a point of connection between geopolitics, human excess and waste. Designed by Sabo day, this indexical publication is the first book dedicated to depicting the series of sixty-four sculptures in its entirety. It was published on the occasion of Patty Chang’s exhibition at A Tale of A Tub, which ran from September 14–November 3, 2024.

Mycelium as Lingua Franca
By Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk

Published in 2019
14.8 x 10.5cm
74 pages
€5,00

Dolphins Don’t Help
By David Bernstein, Julia Geerlings

Published in 2019
21 x 14.8cm
52 pages
€10,00

The total scab-free solidarity and performative silence that struck floor-shows and soundstages from Desert to NJ coast for over half a year
By Tiago de Abreu Pinto

Published in 2020
19 x 13cm
88 pages
Sold out

The Practice of

Published in 2021
Designed by Sabo Day and Phoebe Kerr
17.5 x 11cm
122 pages
€10,00