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Projections to Magazine Library

In 2010 and 2011 Atkinson was asked to present a digital series of images at Magazine Library (Tokyo), curated by A Zillion Ideas. The event was held at Maison Aoyama and Galerie P+EN. The images, photographic and drawn, were projected onto the external walls of the exhibition spaces for the duration of the project.

Atkinson tests existing processes, ideas, places and spaces (printed and web) for suitability as novel, international exhibition spaces or platforms from which to disseminate art. Free of the time, curatorial and publishing constraints of major public museums, galleries and mainstream publishing houses, he collaboratively develops new ideas with international artists, encouraging new global audiences, private and institutional collectors.

Magazine Library is a travelling exhibition, introducing contemporary magazines, art books, and independent publications from around the globe to new audiences. Now in its 9th exhibition the Magazine Library has travelled to Nagoya, Los Angeles and Berlin. The projects are often set in non-gallery situations and have attracted over 50,000 visitors.

Atkinson’s inclusion in Magazine Library has led to on-going collaborations with artists, distributors and publishers in Japan. For example, he is represented within Japan by Zinesmate: a colaborative project between Utrecht (a Japanese specialist book shop) and Paperback (a Japanese publishing house and annual publication). Atkinson also published the work of Himaa-Masanao Hirayama, and this collaboration is archived in the British Library and made available mostly in Japan and across Europe.